Expressions Of Longing

verb to feel or express discontent; to complain or fret

• She did not repine over the missed opportunity as she believed everything happens for a reason.
• He tends to repine about the little things that go wrong in his day.
• Stop repining and start taking action to change your situation.
• The old tree seemed to repine for its lost branches, swaying sadly in the wind.

noun a Portuguese word that describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or melancholic longing for something or someone that is absent

• The feeling of saudade is often associated with nostalgia and longing for something that is gone.
• I can't help but feel saudade whenever I listen to that song we used to sing together.
• Whenever I see that old photo, it brings back all the saudade from our high school days.
• The painting evoked a sense of saudade, capturing a moment of bittersweet memories.