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languish
[ lang-gwish ]
verb (used without object)
- to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade:
Whether the plant thrives or languishes and dies is heavily dependent on the climate.
- to lose vigor and vitality:
Though she was once full of energy, her illness had caused her to languish.
- 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.
noun
- Archaic. the act or state of being neglected, losing vigor, or becoming weak.
- Archaic. a tender, melancholy look or expression.
languish
/ ˈæŋɡɪʃ /
verb
- to lose or diminish in strength or energy
- often foll by for to be listless with desire; pine
- to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglect
to languish in prison
- to put on a tender, nostalgic, or melancholic expression
Derived Forms
- ˈԲܾԲ, adverb
- ˈԲܾԳ, noun
- ˈԲܾԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ܾ· noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of languish1
Example Sentences
Such people often languish in a disjointed, multiagency system of care.
She is looking after his eight-year-old son in Venezuela as his father languishes in El Salvador.
PIP cuts don't fit in to the narrative of providing opportunities to people who are languishing on the dole.
He left for Arkansas, where the basketball program had languished for years since winning a national championship in 1994, and in Year 2, Musselman took the Razorbacks to the Elite Eight.
"Hundreds of people are still languishing, detained, who should have been freed and should be supported in the community, because we haven't seen the progress that was promised," he told us.
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