Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repining

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: re-pin-ing
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.

verb

present participle and gerund of repine

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

repinings (plural)

Questions

What does repining mean?: The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.

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