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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fade |
| Type of | degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop |
| Derivation | languisher |
The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon.
Examples of languish
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Farmland values are up while those for some other kinds of real estate languish.
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Commission attorney Paul Chipok said the staff didn't want the plan to languish.
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The state economy will continue to languish, regardless of the federal stimulus.
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Previous cases involving the chiropractor show how long complaints can languish.
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The rest can safely languish in the dark until tastes change and calls it forth.
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Although Suu Kyi has been freed, some 2,200 political prisoners languish in jail.
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This risks leaving the western Balkans to languish in the peripheral neverland.
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Blackstone went public at the top of the market, only to see its shares languish.
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Most languish in one of 16 tent cities administered by the U.N. refugee agency.
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- Pine away: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
- Ache: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
- Become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
- To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]; To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]; To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c. ...
- (languishing) lacking of vigor or spirit
- (languishing) From the Latin verb languere, meaning to wilt, be tired, lack vigor. Don't let your social studies lesson plan languish in the classroom.
- (v) - lose animation; lose strength
