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Grammar : Verb
Spell : lang-gwish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ



Definition of languished

Origin :
  • early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss-, present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill," from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.
  • verb droop; become dull, listless
Example sentences :
  • The little baby also languished, sharing its mother's depressed condition.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • Have we pined and languished for this happiness, Pyke, or have we not?'
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • Of course, he was arrested and languished in jail in utter agony and despair.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • And so, I languished for weeks, suffering from thirst and burning pains and hunger.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • So long as your Marquis languished for you, there was nothing you could not have done with the fool.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • On every hand love lurked, lingered, languished, but not for her.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The District society never has languished since its organization in 1868.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • And Love in Babylon languished in the drawer for three months.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • I should have languished away if I had not succeeded in gratifying my passion.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • But I languished so much that they did not think me fit to eat.
  • Extract from : « Favorite Fairy Tales » by Logan Marshall

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