Definition for Repine:

• r[= e]- p[= i]n', v.i. to fret one's self ( with at or against): to feel discontent: to murmur: to envy.-- n. ( Shak.) a repining.-- ns. REP[= I]' NER; REP[= I]' NING, the act of one who repines: ( Spens.) a failing, as of courage.-- adv. REP[= I]' NINGLY.

Synonyms for Repine:

• v.

  •brood (verb)
  • deliberate,
  • ruminate,
  • meditate,
  • daydream,
  • reflect,
  • speculate,
  • gloom,
  • dream,
  • bleed,
  • despond,
  • consider,
  • muse,
  • sulk,
  • ponder,
  • worry.
  •complai (verb)
  • N.
  •complain (verb)
  • denounce,
  • accuse,
  • demur,
  • disagree,
  • growl,
  • object,
  • protest,
  • attack,
  • lay,
  • defy,
  • disapprove,
  • beef,
  • dissent,
  • impute,
  • deprecate,
  • oppose,
  • ascribe,
  • contravene,
  • gripe,
  • criticize,
  • bitch,
  • grouse,
  • nag,
  • charge,
  • reproach,
  • gainsay,
  • refute,
  • differ,
  • bellyache,
  • snivel,
  • expostulate,
  • carp,
  • cavil.
  •grumble (verb)
  • grouch,
  • squawk,
  • scold.
  •regret (verb)
  • cry over,
  • have qualms,
  • feel remorse,
  • feel uneasy,
  • look back,
  • be disturbed,
  • feel sorry,
  • have compunctions,
  • apologize,
  • kick oneself,
  • repent,
  • cry over spilled milk.
  •repine (verb)
  • yearn,
  • wish,
  • whimper,
  • fret.
  •wail (verb)
  • cries blues,
  • crying the blues,
  • crying blues,
  • cried blues,
  • cry blues,
  • cries the blues,
  • cried the blues.

• Other synonyms:

  •regret
  • being sorry for,
  • wept over,
  • is sorry for,
  • Regretted,
  • felt remorse,
  • feels remorse,
  • looking back.

Antonyms for Repine:

• v.

  • complai
    hate, praise, dislike, be happy, compliment.
  • Other antonyms:
    eulogize, laud, endure, rejoice, approve.

Repine Sentence Examples:

• Paul began to fear very seriously for his invested funds: he therefore kept up Peter's spirits as best he could with such advice as the following: - Dear Peter, do not repine; your lot is indeed hard, but it has its silver lining.

• John begins, like a man, to wonder if he can do anything for himself; that spirit so distinctive, so Chicago like, will not allow him to sit down and repine.

Homophones for Repine:

• revenue, ravine, reuben, ribbon, ravenna, ribbony, rope in, riffian, ruffian, robinia, rapine, ripen, raven, rivina, robin, reopen, refine, rpm.

Hyponym for Repine:

• v.

  • communication
    kvetch, quetch, plain, complain, sound off, kick.