repine
verb (used without object)
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
is repining
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present progressiveof repine (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Cursed be my lot, but useless is repining, Here must I stay till dreary day is gone, Living only in the pale moon's shining; To-night my hated penance though is done.
From A Napa Christchild; and Benicia's Letters by Charles A. Gunnison
For she does not pretend not to grieve, but always says, "It is repining that dishonors God, not grief."
From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss
