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Antonyms for languished
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
- 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
Synonyms for languished
- be disregarded
- be neglected
- brood
- conk out
- decline
- desire
- despond
- deteriorate
- die on vine
- dwindle
- ebb
- fade
- fag
- fag out
- fail
- faint
- fizzle out
- flag
- go soft
- go to pieces
- grieve
- hanker
- hunger
- knock out
- long
- pine
- repine
- rot
- sicken
- sigh
- snivel
- sorrow
- suffer
- tucker
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wilt
- wither
- yearn
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