pining
nounHow many syllables in pining?
There are 2 syllables in the word pining.How to pronounce pining:
Definition of pining:
- pining (noun):
- a feeling of deep longing.
- any of a genus (pinus of the family pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
Synonyms for pining:
hungriness
longing
yearning
Antonyms for pining:
calm
peaceful
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- portray
- lychee
- staying
- purer
- smarting
- ahold
- waiflike
- enquired
- troubling
- fickle
- amuse
- fouetté
- reuse
- exite
- abased
- sappy
- misspeak
- mainly
- deepen
- brightens
- surmised
- gotta
- strangely
- rudely
- thousands
- unlike
- fairly
- ensues
- success
- virgin
- scuffling
- tasted
- schvartze
- enclose
- destruct
- swirled
- steeple
- venue
- swallow
- slightest
- guffawed
- manly
- heartfelt
- reluct
- adding
- plunder
- beckon
- shrewdly
- scrawled
- sullen
- … more
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