What does repining mean?
Repining means The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring..
Doomed to a brief existence, she wasted not the hours in painful repinings at a fate so stern; but still regarding it as inevitable, she prepared as calmly as possible to encounter it.
Use repining when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Repining means The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring..
Common synonyms include complaintive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Doomed to a brief existence, she wasted not the hours in painful repinings at a fate so stern; but still regarding it as inevitable, she prepared as calmly as possible to encounter it.
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