Defenition of the word languish

• Defenition of the word languish

  • become feeble
  • have a yen for
  • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
  • become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
  • have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
  • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  • have a desire for something or someone who is not present

Synonyms for the word languish

• • ache
  • decay
  • fade
  • fade away
  • get weaker
  • long
  • pine
  • pine away
  • rot
  • suffer
  • waste
  • yearn
  • yen

Similar words in the languish

• • languish
  • languished
  • languishes
  • languishing

Hyponyms for the word languish

• • die

Hypernyms for the word languish

• • degenerate
  • deteriorate
  • devolve
  • drop
  • hanker
  • long
  • miss
  • weaken
  • yearn

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