languish

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
2. (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
3. (intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
4. (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

Konzepte

schmachten

ermatten

dahinsiechen

sich zu Tode grämen

vergehen

sich abhärmen

dahinwelken

lechzen

schwach werden

Synonyme

droop

pine

wither

wilt

fade

faint

weaken

pine away

yearn

suffer

deteriorate

ache

flag

weak

waste

dry out

miss

thirst

hunger

attenuate

be languid

melt

shrivel

starve

yen

💴

waste away

long

decline

feel weak

grow weak

languish for

pine for

thirst after

thirst for

be wearied

be uneasy

feel exhausted

feel weary

lose vitality

consume away

pine after

become weaker

grow weak/feeble

anxious

crave

decadence

die

💀

emaciate

exhausted

extenuation

Übersetzungen

languir

languire

languidecer

enlanguescer

gevşemek

εξασθενώ

llanguir

αδυνατίζω

decaer

dépérir

smachten

se cachectiser

traîner une misérable éxistence

se rabougrir

devenir étique

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: languysshen

In summary

From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”).
: Compare languor and lax.
: Cognate with slack.