languish

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

αδυνατίζω

εξασθενώ

λαχταρώ

λυώνω

μαραζώνω

μαραίνομαι

λαχταράω

ποθώ

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

languir

languire

languidecer

schmachten

gevşemek

enlanguescer

dépérir

llanguir

ermatten

decaer

devenir étique

se rabougrir

mourir

💀

traîner une misérable éxistence

se cachectiser

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: 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.