languishing
1Languishing — Lan guish*ing, a. 1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength. [1913 Webster] 2. Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; as, languishing eyes, or look. [1913 Webster] 3. Suffering neglect; neglected. [PJC] 4. Continuing in… …
2languishing — index disconsolate, powerless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3languishing — *languid, languorous, lackadaisical, listless, spiritless, enervated Analogous words: weakened, enfeebled, debilitated (see WEAKEN): indolent, faineant (see LAZY): inert, *inactive, supine: *sentimental, romantic: pining, longing, yearning (see… …
4languishing — [laŋ′gwish iŋ] adj. that languishes; specif., a) becoming weak; drooping b) lingering c) slow; not intense d) pining; longing e) tender; sentimental languishingly adv …
5languishing — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of languishen to languish 1. a. : losing health and strength could not rouse him from his languishing state b. : lingering …
6languishing — languishingly, adv. /lang gwi shing/, adj. 1. becoming languid, in any way. 2. expressive of languor; indicating tender, sentimental melancholy: a languishing sigh. 3. lingering: a languishing death. [1300 50; ME; see LANGUISH, ING2] * * * …
7languishing — /ˈlæŋgwɪʃɪŋ/ (say langgwishing) adjective 1. becoming languid, in any way. 2. lingering: a languishing death. 3. expressive of languor; indicating tender, sentimental melancholy: a languishing sigh. –languishingly, adverb …
8Languishing — Languish Lan guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. ? to slacken, ? slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack …
9languishing — lan·guish·ing || læŋgwɪʃɪŋ adj. languid; weak, drooping; pining, yearning; melancholic lan·guish || læŋgwɪʃ n. act of languishing; melancholy gaze, yearning look v. weaken, droop, wither; suffer neglect, suffer hardship; pine away,… …
10languishing — adjective lacking of vigor or spirit …
