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adjective
1.
becoming languid, in any way.
2.
expressive of languor; indicating tender, sentimental melancholy: a languishing sigh.
3.
lingering: a languishing death.
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Languishing
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example Sentences
- Five years after the end of the war they are still languishing in camps.
- The flip side of living in a tropical paradise is languishing on a tropical island you can't escape.
- Still, many apartments are languishing on the market.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
2.
to lose vigor and vitality.
3.
to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years.
4.
to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petition that languished on the warden's desk for a year.
5.
EXPANDto pine with desire or longing.
6.
COLLAPSEto assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy.
noun
7.
the act or state of languishing.
8.
a tender, melancholy look or expression.
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