languish

languish
v
1. droop, fade, fail, flag, wilt; weaken, decline, soften, give, sag, yield; go downhill, come apart at the seams, Sl. poop out, Sl. fizzle out, Sl. peter out, devitalize, enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, sap; fag, weary, tire, exhaust, fatigue, wind.
2. drop, sink, stagger, swoon, fall; yawn, nod, sleep, succumb, collapse, Inf. cave in.
3. waste away, wither away, decay, die away, rot, collect dust; ebb, abate, dwindle, diminish, drop off, fall off; be abandoned, be neglected, be disregarded.
4. pine for, yearn for, long for, hunger for or after, thirst for or after, Inf. hanker for or after; die for, cry for, want with all one's heart, want in the worst way, have one's heart set upon; pant for, rave for, gasp for, have a yen for, wish, covet.
5. grieve, mourn, lament, repine, pine, bewail, bemoan; despond, despair, lose heart, give up, admit defeat, Sl. throw in the towel, Sl. hang one's hat on the rack; mope, sigh, brood, sulk, eat one's heart out.

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  • Languish — Lan guish, n. See {Languishment}. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster] What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish? Shak. [1913 Webster] And the blue languish of soft Allia s eye. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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