Repine
[ri'pain]
Definition
(v. i.) To fail; to wane.
(v. i.) To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
(n.) Vexation; mortification.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Complain, murmur, croak, grumble, be discontented, be dissatisfied.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Murmur, grumble, complain
ANT:Acquiesce, submit, smile, rejoice
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Definition
v.i. to fret one's self (with at or against): to feel discontent: to murmur: to envy.—n. (Shak.) a repining.—ns. Repī′ner; Repī′ning the act of one who repines: (Spens.) a failing as of courage.—adv. Repī′ningly.
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Examples
- One ought not to repine;--but, to be sure, it would have been such a thing for me! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Nor will I repine if in this extremity we preserve what we now possess. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But the Lord forbid that I should repine under any visitation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But I will not repine. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I do not repine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In all this long pursuit, I never heard him repine; I never heard him say he was fatigued, or out of heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And shall a Jewess, like thee, repine because she hath no better? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have committed follies, gentlemen,' said Uriah, looking round with a meek smile, 'and I ought to bear the consequences without repining. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She had not much time for repining, however, for the three young girls were busily employed in 'having a good time'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We repined that the pyramids had outlasted the embalmed body of their builder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was not in this slight distress because I at all repined--I am quite certain I did not, that day--but, I thought, would she be wholly prepared? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He, Mr. Skimpole, himself, had sometimes repined at the existence of Coavinses. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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