LANGUISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does languish mean?
• LANGUISH (verb)
The verb LANGUISH has 3 senses:
1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
3. become feeble
Familiarity information: LANGUISH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LANGUISH (verb)
Meaning:
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
languish; pine away; waste
Context example:
After her husband died, she just pined away
Hypernyms (to "languish" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
pine; yen; languish; yearn; ache
Context examples:
She ached for a cigarette / I am pining for my lover
Hypernyms (to "languish" is one way to...):
hanker; long; yearn (desire strongly or persistently)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "languish"):
die (languish as with love or desire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Become feeble
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
languish; fade
Context example:
The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
Hypernyms (to "languish" is one way to...):
degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop (grow worse)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
