Repine

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repine \Re*pine"\, n.
     Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Repine \Re*pine"\ (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to
     languish.]
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     1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot
        to foe." --Spenser.
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     2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys
        on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to
        murmur.
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              But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.   --Spenser.
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              What if the head, the eye, or ear repined
              To serve mere engines to the ruling mind? --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  repine
       v : express discontent

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "repine":
     be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, deplore, dirge, elegize, fuss,
     give sorrow words, grieve, keen, kick, knell, lament, moan, mourn,
     murmur, regret, rue, rue the day, sigh, sing the blues, sorrow,
     wail, weep over, whine