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languish (verb)

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  • languish — ► VERB 1) grow weak or feeble. 2) be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was languishing in jail. 3) archaic pine with love or grief. ORIGIN Old French languir, from Latin languere …   English terms dictionary

  • languish — UK US /ˈlæŋgwɪʃ/ verb [I] ► to be weak or fail to improve: »Traditional industries continue to languish or disappear …   Financial and business terms

  • languish — I verb ail, become disheartened, become ill, become weak, collapse, decay, decline, despair, despond, deteriorate, droop, drop, ebb, fade, fail, fail in health, fall ill, fall sick, flag, fret, go into a decline, grieve, grow weak, lament,… …   Law dictionary

  • languish — verb /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ a) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. He languished without his girlfriend b) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. He languished in… …   Wiktionary

  • languish — verb 1》 grow weak or feeble.     ↘archaic pine with love or grief. 2》 be kept in an unpleasant place or situation: he was languishing in jail. Derivatives languisher noun languishment noun (archaic). Origin ME: from OFr. languiss , lengthened… …   English new terms dictionary

  • languish — verb (I) 1 to be forced to stay somewhere where you are unhappy: Shaw languished in a Mexican jail for fifteen years. 2 to become weaker or less successful: Local food production languished through lack of government support. | The conversation… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • languish — verb 1) the plants languished and died Syn: weaken, deteriorate, decline; wither, droop, wilt, fade, waste away; informal go downhill Ant: thrive, flourish 2) the general is now languishing in prison …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • languish — verb 1) the plants languished and died Syn: weaken, deteriorate, decline, go downhill, wither, droop, wilt, fade, waste away 2) the general is languishing in prison Syn: waste away …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • languish — [[t]læ̱ŋgwɪʃ[/t]] languishes, languishing, languished 1) VERB If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation. [V prep/adv] Pollard continues to languish in prison... [V prep/adv] No one knows for… …   English dictionary

  • languish — UK [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms languish : present tense I/you/we/they languish he/she/it languishes present participle languishing past tense languished past participle languished 1) to fail to be successful or to improve Oil… …   English dictionary

  • languish — lan|guish [ læŋgwıʃ ] verb intransitive 1. ) to fail to be successful or to improve: Oil prices continue to languish at $10.79 a barrel. 2. ) to remain in a difficult or unpleasant situation for a long time: languish in: The children are… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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