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languishes

VERB

droop; become dull, listless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deteriorate dwindle fail faint rot suffer weaken wither

STRONG

brood decline desire despond ebb fade fag flag grieve hanker hunger long pine repine sicken sigh snivel sorrow tucker waste wilt yearn

WEAK

be disregarded be neglected conk out die on vine fag out fizzle out go soft go to pieces knock out waste away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

build develop grow

STRONG

be happy delight despise dislike hate improve increase rise strengthen

WEAK

flourish

Example Sentences

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On a couch with kind gifts laden, Flowers around her, books beside her, Knowing not what shall betide her, Languishes a gentle maiden.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

Far in the stillness a cat Languishes loudly.

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest