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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Languish

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The word "languish" in example sentences

V. ii.42 (250,7) rids our dogs of languish] For _languish_, I think we may read, _anguish_. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Predicting that recent volatility in such flows will continue or even increase, RBS anticipates that the rupee may "languish" in the 46 rupees-47. 50 rupees range over the next three months, with an upside bias for the dollar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was, you know, spending a lot of time -- when you're a stand-up comedian, you have 23 hours of the day to just kind of languish and wait for the gig and do a little writing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This, while nearly three billion human beings subsist (or "languish") on less than $2 a day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I mean the fact that this has been accomplished in two years time, because John Paul II was put on the fast track, and they put a lot of people on this project but there are plenty of others who kind of languish in obscurity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We have seen things like Project Exile really kind of languish under the Clinton-Gore administration. ❋ Unknown (2000)

While cases would "languish" in the Rota, the CDF handled cases "expeditiously, fairly, and with due regard to the rights of all the parties involved." ❋ Cna (2010)

If not, he warns, Paris will "languish" like a "cancerous cell unable to grow". ❋ Unknown (2010)

She said people who go to court should not be required to "languish" in courthouse halls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"languish" in an Australian jail until the US marshals arranged to take him back. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Books on achieving sobriety, collecting Hummel figurines, putting an end to deforestation, and finding Prince Charming will languish, unopened. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There they will languish, tantalizingly, tauntingly out of reach, an object lesson to all those who fail to make their DVD and Blu-ray purchases in a timely manner. ❋ Eric Felten (2011)

Those contracts work best if Las Vegas Sands' shares languish after Friday's gains. ❋ Chris Dieterich (2011)

For all of Sen. Kerry's talk of democratic ideals, reform-minded Muslims across the region saw in Libya our willingness to let those ideals languish in order to satisfy our fetish for multilateralism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Proposed changes to Europe's bailout fund to give it more power—changes the ECB say are needed immediately—still languish in parliaments. ❋ Brian Blackstone (2011)

It was truly magnificent when the peat beds would burn in the fall and the smoldering odor would languish over the southeast side for several days while the fires were extinguished and re-set. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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