Dictionary Entry
languish
languish is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
- 2intransitive verb
To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
- 3intransitive verb
To cause to droop or pine.
- 4noun
See Languishiment.
- 5verb
become feeble
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
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- 6verb
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
"After her husband died, she just pined away"
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- 7verb
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
"She ached for a cigarette"
"I am pining for my lover"
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