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Word | Languish |
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; After her husband died, she just pined away / See Languishiment. / lose animation or strength / (of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble. / to continue for a long time without activity or progress in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, | |
Usage | ⇒ The value of gold is languishing ⇒ Left at Miss Minchin's school for girls while her father went off to war, Sarah Crewe refused to languish; instead, she hid her grief and actively befriended her less fortunate classmates. ⇒ older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave ⇒ plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant ⇒ she is languishing because of lack of nourishment ⇒ he was languishing in prison for a crime he didn't commit |
Synonyms | weaken, deteriorate, flag, decline, wither, droop, fade, pine, wilt, fail, wane, waste, yearn, dwindle, ebb, sink, crumble, decay, diminish, sag, |
Antonyms | flourish, improve, recuperate, recover, grow, gain, succeed, ace, bloom, blossom, burgeon, strengthen, advance, aestivate, aggrandize, alteration, alternation, amendment, amplify, arise, |
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