Hot and Pining

Hot

Hot adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.
Usage example: we were hot to get the baseball game started and wished it would stop raining

Pining and hot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pining" instead an adjective "Hot".

Nearby Word: hotly

Pining

Pining noun - A strong wish for something.

Hot and pining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hot" instead an adjective "Pining".

Nearby Word: pined

Both words in one sentence

  • Hot for Teacher: Samad, though not a student (and considerably older), has an affair with a teacher after he gives up pining for her.
  • Big Beautiful Woman The skinny, spineless Codex spent a whole season pining for the hot stuntman Wade.
  • Video Game / Final Fantasy VIII Teacher/Student Romance: Hot for teacher variation: Many of Quistis's male students (and apparently quite a few female ones, if the Trepies are any indication) are pining for one.
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