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Languish Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Languish? [v] become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" [v] lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" [v] have a yen for Synonyms \| Synonyms for Languish: ache \| fade \| long \| pine \| pine away \| waste \| yearn \| yen Related Terms \| Find terms related to Languish: abate \| ablate \| bate \| be eaten away \| become suicidal \| break \| cave in \| collapse \| come apart \| come unstuck \| conk out \| consume \| consume away \| corrode \| crumble \| decline \| decrease \| deliquesce \| desiccate \| despair \| despond \| deteriorate \| die away \| diminish \| disintegrate \| dive \| droop \| drop \| drop off \| dry up \| dwindle \| ebb \| erode \| fade \| fade away \| fail \| faint \| fall \| fall away \| fall off \| fizzle out \| flag \| give out \| give way \| go downhill \| go soft \| go to pieces \| hit rock bottom \| hit the skids \| lessen \| let up \| lose heart \| lose strength \| melt away \| peak \| peg out \| peter out \| pine \| plumb the depths \| plummet \| plunge \| poop out \| reach the depths \| run down \| run low \| sag \| sear \| shrink \| shrivel \| sink \| subside \| tail off \| touch bottom \| wane \| waste \| waste away \| weaken \| wear \| wear away \| wear thin \| wilt \| wither \| wither away \| wizen \| yield See Also \| degenerate \| deteriorate \| die \| drop \| miss \| weaken Languish In Webster's Dictionary \Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See {-ish}.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint. \Lan"guish\, v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] --Shak. --Dryden. \Lan"guish\, n. See {Languishiment}. [Obs. or Poetic] What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish ? --Shak. And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. --Pope.

Languish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Languish?

[v] become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
[v] lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
[v] have a yen for

Languish In Webster's Dictionary

\Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F.
languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel.
lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to
E. slack.See {-ish}.]
1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation;
   to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away;
   to wither or fade.

         We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
                                               viii. 31.

         Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me
         landguish into life.                  --Pope.

         For the fields of Heshbon languish.   --Is. xvi. 8.

2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief,
   appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson.

Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.


\Lan"guish\, v. i.
To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] --Shak. --Dryden.


\Lan"guish\, n.
See {Languishiment}. [Obs. or Poetic]

      What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish ?
                                               --Shak.

      And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. --Pope.

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