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languish

Meaning of languish

verb
  1. To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
  2. To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
    He languished without his girlfriend
  3. To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
    He languished in prison for years
  4. To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
    The case languished for years before coming to trial.
  5. To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
  6. To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

Information about languish

  • It is a verb.

Hyphenation of languish

lan-guish

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 letters.
  • languish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

languish synonyms

Meaning pine away:

waste

Meaning ache:

ache, yearn, yen, pine

Meaning fade:

fade