Languish
Word | LANGUISH |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | lan guish |
Pronunciations | /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Languish"
What do we mean by languish?
To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor. intransitive verb
To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions. intransitive verb
To remain unattended or be neglected. intransitive verb
To become downcast or pine away in longing. intransitive verb
To become weak or spiritless; become listless or sad; lose strength or animation; pine: as, to languish in solitude.
To droop, wither, or fade, as a plant, from heat, drought, neglect, or other unfavorable conditions.
To grow feeble or dull; lose activity and vigor; dwindle; fall off: as, the war languished for lack of supplies; manufactures languished.
To act languidly; present or assume a languid appearance or expression, especially as an indication of tender or enervating emotion.
Synonyms To decline, faint, fail.
To cause to droop or fail.
See languishment. noun
To cause to droop or pine. intransitive verb
To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade. intransitive verb
To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. intransitive verb
To be neglected and unattended to. intransitive verb
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief verb
Become feeble verb
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present verb
To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
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