languish
verb C2- 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.
He/she/it languishes · Past languished · Past participle languished · -ing form languishing
Verb forms
- Base form
- languish
- He/she/it
- languishes
- Past
- languished
- Past participle
- languished
- -ing form
- languishing
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Her appetite failed and her interest in Avonlea doings languished.
What matters really, not only to me, but to officers of justice and the king, is that an innocent man should languish in prison, the victim of an infamous denunciation, to die here cursing his executioners.”
Without the vital economic lifeblood of passing tourists, previously vibrant main streets languished and ultimately succumbed to a quiet commercial obsolescence.
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