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• languish — v.intr. 1 be or grow feeble; lose or lack vitality. 2 put on a sentimentally tender or languid look. Phrases and idioms: languish for droop or pine for. languish under suffer under (esp. depression, confinement, etc.). Derivatives: languisher n.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Languish — Lan guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack. See {… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 — [[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 — languisher, n. /lang gwish/, v.i. 1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. 2. to lose vigor and vitality. 3. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years. 4. to be …   Universalium

• 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

• languish — lan|guish [ˈlæŋgwıʃ] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: languir, from [i]Latin languere] 1.) if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy languish in ▪ Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• languish — /ˈlæŋgwɪʃ / (say langgwish) verb (i) 1. to become or be weak or feeble; droop or fade. 2. to lose activity and vigour. 3. to pine or suffer under any unfavourable conditions: to languish ten years in a dungeon. 4. to pine with desire or longing… …  

• languish — v 1. droop, fade, fail, flag, wilt; weaken, decline, soften, give, sag, yield; go downhill, come apart at the seams, Sl. poop out, Sl. fizzle out, Sl. peter out, devitalize, enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, sap; fag, weary, tire, exhaust, fatigue …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• languish — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French languiss , stem of languir, from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languēre Date: 14th century 1. a. to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated b. to be or live in a state of… …   New Collegiate 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