languishing
Meaning of languishing
verb
- To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
- To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
He languished without his girlfriend
- To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
He languished in prison for years
- To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
The case languished for years before coming to trial.
- To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
- To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
noun
The act of one who languishes.
adjective
Lacking of vigor or spirit.
Information about languishing
- The plural form of languishing is: languishings.
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Hyphenation of languishing
lan-guish-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- languishing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with languishing
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