languishing

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Lacking of vigor or spirit.

Verb

present participle and gerund of languish

Noun

The act of one who languishes.

languish

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.

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Synonymes

drooping

languorous

weak

feeble

ennui

fading

fading away

faint

fainting

flimsy

frail

hardscrabble

idling

impossible

impotent

lackadaisical

lamenting

languid

lonely

lovesick

puny

sappy

sear

sere

sleazy

slender

slimsy

softy

swooning

thin

twiggy

underdog

underfed

unfruitful

wan

washy

withering

wizen

wizened

yearning

sorrowing

feeling of exhaustion

die-away

strengthless

waste

sinewless

barren

said of eyes

desiring

despondency

Traductions

الضعف

إلتاع

إلتع

تلوع

لتاع

لتع

ermattend

Lustlosigkeit

Mattigkeit

schmachtend

Gefühl der Kraftlosigkeit

αδύνατος

μαραμένος

smachtend

kwijnend