forpint

adjectiveadjektiv

tormented, anguished

EtymologyOpphav

av pine (III)to torment, to torture · to force, to squeeze (oneself); av foreldet forpine from pine (III)to torment, to torture · to force, to squeeze (oneself); from the obsolete forpine 'to torture'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

sterkt plaget deeply tormented

ha et forpint drag om munnen to have an anguished set to one's mouth
en forpint ungdomstid a tormented adolescence