Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pining

1 sense of pining

Sense 1
pining -- (a feeling of deep longing)
       => longing, yearning, hungriness -- (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pine

1 sense of pine

Sense 1
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover")
       => hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)