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Synonyms for languishing

Grammar : Adj
Spell : lang-gwi-shing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪ ʃɪŋ

Définition of languishing

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.
  • adj weak
  • adj pensive
Example sentences :
  • All was languishing, and the King went away some time after.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • No fellow ever did dance so well as Tripletoe, or looked half so languishing.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • Nearly every one of my correspondents have been lagging and languishing.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • While the war was languishing in the North it was being carried on with vigor in the South.
  • Extract from : « The Land We Live In » by Henry Mann
  • But for many years the church lived only a languishing life.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Christianity » by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
  • “Call me your knight,” Master Paul pleaded, with a languishing look.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • No word had come to me from the 'Tribune'—evidently it was not languishing for my aid.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • She loved to sing the languishing hymns which he selected for her.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • He found a bruised and languishing soul, and bound up its wounds.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • In the next place, I felt his pulse, which was very low and languishing.
  • Extract from : « Isaac Bickerstaff » by Richard Steele

Antonyms for languishing

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