Antonyms for languishes
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lang-gwish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ |
Definition of languishes
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 gray atmosphere follows, but the day first languishes in yourself.
- Extract from : « Suburban Sketches » by William Dean Howells
- Raimond, of Toulouse, languishes the victim of a pestilential fever.
- Extract from : « Heroines of the Crusades » by C. A. Bloss
- Doubtless he now is dead, or languishes in the cell of some State prison.
- Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
- What can be the reason that all flourishes there, and all languishes here?
- Extract from : « Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men » by Anna Brownell Jameson
- Somewhere, I am sure, in some dark vault or cellar, it languishes.
- Extract from : « And Even Now » by Max Beerbohm
- The child, now unable to cry any more, languishes and is quiet.
- Extract from : « The Young Mother » by William A. Alcott
- Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
- Extract from : « The World English Bible (WEB), The Old Testament, Complete » by Various
- Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The public ear has become dainty, fastidious, hypercritical; hence the Ballad-Singer languishes and dies.
- Extract from : « The History of the Catnach Press » by Charles Hindley
- Jealousy cannot move her into anger; she languishes in concealed sorrow, when she thinks herself forgotten.
- Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle
Synonyms for languishes
- 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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