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1. (v.i.) languish
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
2. languish
to lose vigor and vitality.
3. languish
to suffer neglect, distress, or hardship:
to languish in prison.
4. languish
to pine with desire or longing.
5. languish
to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy.
6. (n.) languish
the act or state of languishing.
7. languish
a tender, melancholy look or expression.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < MF languiss-, long s. of languir)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pine away, waste, languish
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
"After her husband died, she just pined away"
2. (verb) ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
3. (verb) languish, fade
become feeble
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) languish
see Languishiment
2. (verb) languish
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
3. (verb) languish
to assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy
4. (verb) languish
to cause to droop or pine
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Sense: to grow weak; to waste away.
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 Afrikaans: wegkwyn, agteruitgaan |
 Arabic: يَضْعُف، يَفْتُر، يَخْمَل |
 Bulgarian: слабея |
 Brazilian: esmorecer |
 Czech: ochabovat; chřadnout |
 German: ermatten |
 Danish: sygne hen |
 Greek: ατονώ, λιώνω (μτφ.) |
 Spanish: languidecer, consumirse |
 Estonian: raugema |
 Farsi: بیحال شدن |
 Finnish: riutua |
 French: (se)languir |
 Hebrew: לְהֵיחָלֵש |
 Hindi: कमजोर होना |
 Croatian: ginuti, sahnuti |
 Hungarian: (el)lankad |
 Indonesian: makin lemah, merana |
 Icelandic: missaþrótt; veslast upp |
 Italian: languire |
 Japanese: 弱る |
 Korean: 시들다 |
 Lithuanian: keipti, nykti |
 Latvian: vārgt; nīkuļot |
 Malay: menjadi lembap |
 Dutch: kwijnen |
 Norwegian: dabbe av, vansmekte; synk |
 Polish: marnieć |
 Persian: بیحال شدن |
 Pashto: بى حاله كيدل،ضعيفه كيدل |
 Portuguese: esmorecer |
 Romanian: a slăbi, a se ofili |
 Russian: слабеть, чахнуть |
 Slovak: chradnúť |
 Slovenian: pešati |
 Serbian: oslabiti |
 Swedish: avmattas, tyna av (bort) |
 Thai: อ่อนแรง |
 Turkish: zayıf düşmek, hâlsiz düşm |
 Taiwanese: 逐漸衰弱 |
 Ukrainian: слабнути; марніти |
 Urdu: کمزور ہوتا جانا |
 Vietnamese: úa tàn; tiều tụy |
 Chinese: 变得越来越衰弱，凋萎 |
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