pining's Usage Examples:

that it had been nailed to its perch, the proprietor insists that it is "pining for the fjords" or simply "stunned".

takhallus is the word for the common theme in Urdu poetry of the state of pining for the beloved, plays on his pen name and the word firaq: Tu yeh na samajh.

Nammalvar self-identifies as a lovelorn gopi pining for Krishna.

and buries the head in a pot of basil which she tends obsessively, while pining away.

the lyrics, "Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky", show someone pining for her man to return.

musical annotation) and tell the story of a young, often married woman pining for a lover, with a happy ending.

Synonyms:

yearning; longing; hungriness; lovesickness;

Antonyms:

contentment;