Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pine
Participle: pined
Gerund: pining
Indicative
Present
| I | pine |
| you | pine |
| he;she;it | pines |
| we | pine |
| you | pine |
| they | pine |
Perfect
| I | have pined |
| you | have pined |
| he;she;it | has pined |
| we | have pined |
| you | have pined |
| they | have pined |
Past
| I | pined |
| you | pined |
| he;she;it | pined |
| we | pined |
| you | pined |
| they | pined |
Pluperfect
| I | had pined |
| you | had pined |
| he;she;it | had pined |
| we | had pined |
| you | had pined |
| they | had pined |
Future
| I | will pine |
| you | will pine |
| he;she;it | will pine |
| we | will pine |
| you | will pine |
| they | will pine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pined |
| you | will have pined |
| he;she;it | will have pined |
| we | will have pined |
| you | will have pined |
| they | will have pined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pine |
| you | pine |
| he;she;it | pine |
| we | pine |
| you | pine |
| they | pine |
Perfect
| I | have pined |
| you | have pined |
| he;she;it | have pined |
| we | have pined |
| you | have pined |
| they | have pined |
Imperfect
| I | pined |
| you | pined |
| he;she;it | pined |
| we | pined |
| you | pined |
| they | pined |
Pluperfect
| I | had pined |
| you | had pined |
| he;she;it | had pined |
| we | had pined |
| you | had pined |
| they | had pined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pine |
| you | would pine |
| he;she;it | would pine |
| we | would pine |
| you | would pine |
| they | would pine |
Perfect
| I | would have pined |
| you | would have pined |
| he;she;it | would have pined |
| we | would have pined |
| you | would have pined |
| they | would have pined |
Imperative
| you | pine |
| we | Let's pine |
| you | pine |
Verbs conjugated like 'pine'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pine'
dine,
fine,
line,
mine,
opine,
pane,
pene,
pie,
pike,
pile,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- long for
- pant
- to cause pain
- afflict, dere, excruciate, hurt, pang, rack, throe, torment, torture
- worry
- fret, grieve, brood, fuss
Antonyms
- worry
- please, amuse, soothe, gratify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English pynen, from Old English pīnian (“to torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with German peinigen (“to torment, torture”), Icelandic pína (“to torment”). See: Middle English '
pynen', German, old spelling '
peinigen', Icelandic '
pína'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] this country would not admit of it, and in his caution he has gone, perhaps, into the opposite extreme. ’ Poor Justice ! she has been made to wear much stranger garments in America than those she pines in, in the Capitol. Let us hope that she has changed her dress-maker since they were fashioned, and that the public sentiment of the country did not cut out the clothes she hides her lovely figure [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and Missis she seemed to think a heap on ’ t, at first; it never cried,—it was likely and fat. But Missis tuck sick, and I tended her; and I tuck the fever, and my milk all left me, and the child it pined to skin and bone, and Missis wouldn't buy milk for it. She wouldn't hear to me, when I telled her I hadn't milk. She said she knowed I could feed it on what other folks eat; and the child kinder [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to skin and bone, and Missis wouldn't buy milk for it. She wouldn't hear to me, when I telled her I hadn't milk. She said she knowed I could feed it on what other folks eat; and the child kinder pined, and cried, and cried, and cried, day and night, and got all gone to skin and bones, and Missis got sot agin it and she said ’ t wan't nothin ’ but crossness. She wished it was dead, she said; and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)