Languish
21languish — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
22languish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. weaken, fail, fade, decline; pine, droop. See disease, dejection, weakness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To weaken] Syn. fade, fail, droop; see weaken 1 . 2. [To want] Syn. hunger, pine, deSire; see need …
23languish — see RELISH …
24languish — lan·guish || læŋgwɪʃ n. act of languishing; melancholy gaze, yearning look v. weaken, droop, wither; suffer neglect, suffer hardship; pine away, yearn for, long for …
25languish — verb 1》 grow weak or feeble. ↘archaic pine with love or grief. 2》 be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was languishing in jail. Derivatives languisher noun languishment noun (archaic). Origin ME: from OFr. languiss , lengthened… …
26languish — v. n. 1. Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline, fail, become feeble, pine away, waste away. 2. Look tender, have the air of a lover …
27languish — verb (I) 1 to be forced to stay somewhere where you are unhappy: Shaw languished in a Mexican jail for fifteen years. 2 to become weaker or less successful: Local food production languished through lack of government support. | The conversation… …
28languish — verb 1) the plants languished and died Syn: weaken, deteriorate, decline; wither, droop, wilt, fade, waste away; informal go downhill Ant: thrive, flourish 2) the general is now languishing in prison …
29languish — v 1. droop, fade, fail, flag, wilt; weaken, decline, soften, give, sag, yield; go downhill, come apart at the seams, Sl. poop out, Sl. fizzle out, Sl. peter out, devitalize, enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, sap; fag, weary, tire, exhaust, fatigue …
30languish — lan·guish …
