languishing

  • 31languish — lan|guish [ˈlæŋgwıʃ] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: languir, from [i]Latin languere] 1.) if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy languish in ▪ Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.… …

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  • 32languishment — n. act or condition of languishing; state of longing for; languishing expression …

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  • 33languishments — n. act or condition of languishing; state of longing for; languishing expression …

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  • 34droop — vb Droop, wilt, flag, sag are comparable when they mean to sink or to lose in vigor, firmness, or freshness. Droop stresses a hanging or bending downward (as through exhaustion, discouragement, or lack of nourishment) {some of the watchers were… …

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  • 35languish — UK [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms languish : present tense I/you/we/they languish he/she/it languishes present participle languishing past tense languished past participle languished 1) to fail to be successful or to improve Oil… …

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  • 36languish — /ˈlæŋgwɪʃ / (say langgwish) verb (i) 1. to become or be weak or feeble; droop or fade. 2. to lose activity and vigour. 3. to pine or suffer under any unfavourable conditions: to languish ten years in a dungeon. 4. to pine with desire or longing… …

  • 37lovesick — /ˈlʌvsɪk/ (say luvsik) adjective 1. languishing with love. 2. expressive of such languishing. –lovesickness, noun …

  • 38lan|guish|ment — «LANG gwihsh muhnt», noun. 1. a languishing: »Yet do I sometimes feel a languishment For skies Italian (Keats). 2. a drooping, pining condition. 3. a languishing look or manner …

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  • 39love´sick´ness — love|sick «LUHV SIHK», adjective. 1. languishing because of love. 2. expressing a languishing caused by love: »a lovesick song. –love´sick´ness, noun …

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  • 40love|sick — «LUHV SIHK», adjective. 1. languishing because of love. 2. expressing a languishing caused by love: »a lovesick song. –love´sick´ness, noun …

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