Synonyms of pining

pining 1 of 3

adjective

as in longing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• longing
• covetous
• craving
• ambitious
• obsessed
• hankering
• restless
• appetent
• happy
• breathless
• restive
• interested
• engaged
• hung up
• willing
• eager
• ready
• desirous
• disposed
• game
• impatient
• hungry
• anxious
• amenable
• glad
• enthusiastic
• inclined
• ardent
• pumped
• excited
• avid
• solicitous
• greedy
• nuts
• voracious
• thirsty
• antsy
• unreluctant
• stoked
• great
• agog
• geeked
• wild
• keen
• athirst
• crazy
• gung ho
• enthused
• raring
• hot
• hopped-up
• hepped up
• juiced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• uninterested
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• aloof
• disinterested
• nonchalant
• unconcerned
• detached
• insouciant
• incurious
• unwilling
• reluctant
• uneager
• stolid
• languid
• impassive
• languorous
• lukewarm
• averse
• loath
• lackadaisical
• spiritless
• hesitant
• halfhearted
• loth
• disinclined
• loathe

pining

2 of 3

noun

as in craving

a strong wish for something

a sudden pining to have steak for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• longing
• craving
• desire
• urge
• thirst
• hunger
• yearning
• appetite
• passion
• lust
• taste
• itch
• hankering
• drive
• yen
• wish
• love
• thirstiness
• appetency
• jones
• liking
• letch
• compulsion
• need
• zeal
• impulse
• will
• impatience
• weakness
• requirement
• eagerness
• impulsion
• necessity
• obsession
• want
• greed
• avarice
• greediness
• cupidity
• avidity
• rapacity
• acquisitiveness
• mania
• covetousness
• avariciousness
• rapaciousness
• cacoëthes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hatred
• disgust
• nausea
• dislike
• distaste
• loathing
• repulsion
• revulsion
• aversion
• allergy
• repugnance
• abomination
• abhorrence
• indifference
• disinclination
• disfavor
• disliking
• apathy
• averseness
• unconcern
• nonchalance
• insouciance

pining

3 of 3

verb

present participle of pine

as in yearning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yearning
• longing
• fearing
• worrying
• agonizing
• stressing
• chafing
• sweating
• bothering
• troubling
• fretting
• stewing
• despairing
• fussing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• taking
• enduring
• sustaining
• bearing
• tolerating
• abiding
• sticking out
• stomaching