languish
Signification (Anglais)
- (intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
- (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
- (intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
- (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
- (archaic, intransitive) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
Concepts
Synonymes
be languid
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
Traductions
languire
languidecer
schmachten
enlanguescer
gevşemek
αδυνατίζω
llanguir εξασθενώ
smachtenFréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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.
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