pine away

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для описания процесса постепенного ослабевания, похудания или усиления печали из-за тоски, горя или неудовлетворенного желания.

A phrasal verb used to describe the act of gradually becoming weaker, thinner, or sadder due to longing, grief, or unfulfilled desire.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

1. Languish from griefformal

   To become weak, thin, or ill because of sadness, longing, or unrequited love.

   Томиться от горя

   • After her husband died, she seemed to pine away.
   • He pined away for years after his lover left him.
   • The dog pined away in the corner after its owner passed.

   Synonymsdeclinedroopdwindlefadelanguishsickenwither

   Antonymsflourishthrive

Base verbpine