English

Detailed Synonyms for languish in English

languish:

to languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)

  1. to languish
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to languish; to long for; to pine; to yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
  2. to languish
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to yearn
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    to long for; to languish; to pine
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
  3. to languish
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to pine; to ache; to yearn; to languish; yen
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • ache verb (aches, ached, aching)
      • She ached for a cigarette1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • yen verb
  4. to languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    to wither; to waste away
    • wither verb (withers, withered, withering)
    • waste away verb (wastes away, wasted away, wasting away)
    to languish; to pine away
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine away verb (pines away, pined away, pining away)
    to pine; to long for
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
  5. to languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    disapearing; to wither; to waste away
    to languish; to pine away
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine away verb (pines away, pined away, pining away)
  6. to languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    to pine away; to languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    • pine away verb (pines away, pined away, pining away)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    to pine; grow faint
  7. to languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    to waste; to languish; to pine away
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    • waste verb (wastes, wasted, wasting)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine away verb (pines away, pined away, pining away)
  8. to languish
    – become feeble 1
    to fade; to languish
    – become feeble 1
    • fade verb (fades, faded, fading)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
      • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon1

Conjugations for languish:

present
  1. languish
  2. languish
  3. languishes
  4. languish
  5. languish
  6. languish
simple past
  1. languished
  2. languished
  3. languished
  4. languished
  5. languished
  6. languished
present perfect
  1. have languished
  2. have languished
  3. has languished
  4. have languished
  5. have languished
  6. have languished
past continuous
  1. was languishing
  2. were languishing
  3. was languishing
  4. were languishing
  5. were languishing
  6. were languishing
future
  1. shall languish
  2. will languish
  3. will languish
  4. shall languish
  5. will languish
  6. will languish
continuous present
  1. am languishing
  2. are languishing
  3. is languishing
  4. are languishing
  5. are languishing
  6. are languishing
subjunctive
  1. be languished
  2. be languished
  3. be languished
  4. be languished
  5. be languished
  6. be languished
diverse
  1. languish!
  2. let's languish!
  3. languished
  4. languishing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

languish

  1. languish
    – become feeble 1
    languish
    – become feeble 1
    • languish
      • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon1
  2. languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
  3. languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
    languish
    – lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief 1
  4. languish

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Related Definitions for "languish":

  1. become feeble1
    • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon1
  2. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief1
  3. have a desire for something or someone who is not present1