pine away

1. 1.

   lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

   “After her husband died, she just pined away”

   Synonymswastelanguish

   Broaderweaken

Questions about pine away

What does pine away mean?

pine away means "lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief".

What is another word for pine away?

Close synonyms include waste, languish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pine away a common word?