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pine:

To yearn intensely, especially for someone or something unattainable. See love for synonyms.

QUOTE: Egbert (Edward Everett Horton) and Guy (Fred Astaire) in The Gay Divorcee (1934):
-- Eggy: ' Guy, you're not pining for that girl , are you? '
-- Guy: ' Pining!? Men don't pine, girls pine. Men just... suffer! '


See Also: be mooney for, lovelorn, moon after, moon for, Narcissus, pine

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