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[ lang-gwish ] / ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR languish ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. to lose vigor and vitality. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years. to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petition that languished on the warden's desk for a year. to pine with desire or longing. to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy. nounthe act or state of languishing. a tender, melancholy look or expression. Origin of languish1250–1300; Middle English <Middle French languiss-, long stem of languir ≪ Latin languēre to languish; akin to laxuslax; see -ish2 OTHER WORDS FROM languishlan·guish·er, nounWords nearby languishLanguedoc-Roussillon, langue d'oïl, languet, languette, languid, languish, languishing, languishment, languor, languorous, langur Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for languishCommon sense, uncontroversial ideas tend to languish when attention has moved elsewhere. Dear GOP: Fix the Damn Justice System!|Jonathan Alter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some of the authors most revered by their contemporaries now languish in relative obscurity. The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Critical journalists continue to languish in prison and inside the courtrooms the breadth of the clampdown is on full display. Egypt Prepares to Anoint a Dictator and Call it an Election|Jesse Rosenfeld|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST They see people just like them being elevated quickly to power while they languish, and they become envious. What’s At Stake In The Tocqueville/Piketty Debate|James Poulos|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They will be abandoned to languish and rot in “gulags” in Russia. Russia’s Adoption Ban Is Cruel and Vindictive to All|Dr. Jane Aronson|December 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST But many of our men are weary and worn, and languish for repose. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital|John Beauchamp Jones When taken to warm climates, they languish, and soon die of disease of the liver. The Plant Hunters|Mayne Reid Unless the latter function is provided for, the aerial portions of the plant will languish from want of food to assimilate. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments|Henry Negretti No, Plautus did not allow his public to languish for want of noise. The Dramatic Values in Plautus|Wilton Wallace Blancke Hubert must not be permitted to languish a day longer in prison than we can help. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer|Harry Collingwood
British Dictionary definitions for languish
verb (intr)to lose or diminish in strength or energy (often foll by for) to be listless with desire; pine to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglectto languish in prison to put on a tender, nostalgic, or melancholic expression Derived forms of languishlanguishing, adjectivelanguishingly, adverblanguishment, nounWord Origin for languishC14 languishen, from Old French languiss-, stem of languir, ultimately from Latin languēre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to languishdwindle, faint, wither, deteriorate, fail, suffer, rot, weaken, despond, ebb, hunger, sigh, yearn, pine, decline, brood, repine, long, fade, waste |