What is another word for languish?
1381 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈaŋɡwɪʃ], [ lˈaŋɡwɪʃ], [ l_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_w_ɪ_ʃ]
Languish is a word that often refers to a state of physical or emotional weakness or deprivation. Synonyms for languish might include terms such as wither, fade, wane, or wilt, which suggest a gradual loss of strength or vitality. Other synonyms might include words such as languor, torpor, or ennui, which suggest a more general sense of listlessness or apathy. Still other synonyms might include words such as suffer, pine, or ache, which suggest a more active experience of pain or distress. Ultimately, the choice of synonym will depend on the specific context in which the word is being used, as well as the intended meaning and tone of the message being conveyed.
Synonyms for Languish:
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- be in dire/desperate straits ,
- be in the grip of something ,
- come under ,
- endure ,
- incur ,
- not know where/which way to turn ,
- undergo .
- ache .
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v.
• body • brood- am brown study ,
- am in brown study ,
- are brown study ,
- are in brown study ,
- art brown study ,
- art in brown study ,
- ate heart out ,
- ate one heart out ,
- ate one's heart out ,
- ate ones heart out ,
- be brown study ,
- being brown study ,
- being in brown study ,
- chafed inwardly ,
- chafes inwardly ,
- chafing inwardly ,
- de liberate ,
- de liberated ,
- de liberates ,
- de liberating ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-liberated ,
- de-liberates ,
- de-liberating ,
- dwell up on ,
- eat one heart out ,
- eat ones heart out ,
- eating heart out ,
- eating one heart out ,
- eating one's heart out ,
- eating ones heart out ,
- eats heart out ,
- eats one heart out ,
- eats one's heart out ,
- eats ones heart out ,
- is brown study ,
- is in brown study ,
- mulled over ,
- stewed over ,
- stewing over ,
- stews over ,
- sweated out ,
- sweated over ,
- sweating over ,
- sweats out ,
- sweats over ,
- think up on ,
- thinking up on ,
- thinking upon ,
- thinks up on ,
- thinks upon ,
- thought up on ,
- thought upon ,
- was brown study ,
- was in brown study ,
- wast brown study ,
- wast in brown study ,
- were brown study ,
- were in brown study ,
- wert brown study ,
- wert in brown study .
- bellied up ,
- bellies up ,
- bellying up ,
- caved in ,
- conking out ,
- conks out ,
- dis integrate ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrates ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis-integrate ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrates ,
- dis-integrating ,
- flakes out ,
- flaking out ,
- gives way ,
- go pieces ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub siding ,
- sub-side ,
- sub-sided ,
- sub-sides ,
- sub-siding ,
- top pled ,
- top-pled .
- Re-turn ,
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de generate ,
- de generated ,
- de generates ,
- de generating ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-generate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-generates ,
- de-generating ,
- dis improve ,
- dis improved ,
- dis improves ,
- dis improving ,
- dis-improve ,
- dis-improved ,
- dis-improves ,
- dis-improving ,
- disimproved ,
- disimproves ,
- disimproving ,
- go dogs ,
- go pot ,
- go the dogs ,
- go to dogs ,
- goes dogs ,
- goes pot ,
- goes the dogs ,
- goes to dogs ,
- goes to pot ,
- goes to the dogs ,
- going dogs ,
- going pot ,
- going the dogs ,
- going to dogs ,
- going to pot ,
- going to the dogs ,
- hit skids ,
- hits skids ,
- hits the skids ,
- hitting skids ,
- hitting the skids ,
- loses value ,
- losing value ,
- lost value ,
- re cede ,
- re ceded ,
- re cedes ,
- re ceding ,
- re lapse ,
- re lapsed ,
- re lapses ,
- re lapsing ,
- re turn ,
- re turning ,
- re turns ,
- re-cede ,
- re-ceded ,
- re-cedes ,
- re-ceding ,
- re-lapse ,
- re-lapsed ,
- re-lapses ,
- re-lapsing ,
- re-turned ,
- re-turning ,
- re-turns ,
- retro grade ,
- retro graded ,
- retro grades ,
- retro grading ,
- retro-grade ,
- retro-graded ,
- retro-grades ,
- retro-grading ,
- went dogs ,
- went pot ,
- went the dogs ,
- went to dogs ,
- went to pot ,
- went to the dogs .
- am worse for wear ,
- are worse for wear ,
- art worse for wear ,
- became worse ,
- becomes worse ,
- becoming worse ,
- being worse for wear ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de scend ,
- de scended ,
- de scending ,
- de scends ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-scend ,
- de-scended ,
- de-scending ,
- de-scends ,
- is worse for wear ,
- loses it ,
- loses quality ,
- losing it ,
- losing quality ,
- lost quality ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- was worse for wear ,
- wast worse for wear ,
- were worse for wear ,
- wert worse for wear ,
- wore away .
- dieing down ,
- dieing out ,
- dies out ,
- dying out ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- faded away ,
- fell away ,
- flowed back ,
- re tire ,
- re tired ,
- re tires ,
- re tiring ,
- re treating ,
- re treats ,
- re-tire ,
- re-tires ,
- re-tiring ,
- re-treat ,
- re-treated ,
- re-treating ,
- re-treats ,
- retro cede ,
- retro ceded ,
- retro cedes ,
- retro ceding ,
- retro-cede ,
- retro-ceded ,
- retro-cedes ,
- retro-ceding ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- awaying ,
- die vine ,
- died away ,
- died on vine ,
- died vine ,
- dieing away ,
- dieing on vine ,
- dieing vine ,
- dies away ,
- dies on vine ,
- dies vine ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis perse ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- dis-perse ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- dying away ,
- dying on vine ,
- dying vine ,
- evanished ,
- evanishes ,
- evanishing ,
- fagging out ,
- fags out ,
- melted away ,
- melting away ,
- melts away ,
- on vine ,
- slacked off ,
- slacks off ,
- tuckering out ,
- tuckers out ,
- wastes away .
- am overcome ,
- are overcome ,
- art overcome ,
- became unconscious ,
- becomes unconscious ,
- becoming unconscious ,
- being overcome ,
- goes out like light ,
- going out like light ,
- is overcome ,
- was overcome ,
- wast overcome ,
- went out like light ,
- were overcome ,
- wert overcome .
- be draggle ,
- be draggled ,
- be draggles ,
- be draggling ,
- be-draggle ,
- be-draggled ,
- be-draggles ,
- be-draggling ,
- bedraggles ,
- over tire ,
- over tired ,
- over tires ,
- over tiring ,
- over-tire ,
- over-tired ,
- over-tires ,
- over-tiring ,
- overtires ,
- overtiring .
- am a funk ,
- am apathetic ,
- am down in mouth ,
- am down in the mouth ,
- am down mouth ,
- am down the mouth ,
- am gloomy ,
- am in a funk ,
- are a funk ,
- are apathetic ,
- are down in mouth ,
- are down in the mouth ,
- are down mouth ,
- are down the mouth ,
- are funk ,
- are gloomy ,
- are in a funk ,
- are in funk ,
- art a funk ,
- art apathetic ,
- art funk ,
- art gloomy ,
- art in a funk ,
- art in funk ,
- be a funk ,
- be down in mouth ,
- be down mouth ,
- be down the mouth ,
- be funk ,
- be in funk ,
- being a funk ,
- being apathetic ,
- being down in mouth ,
- being down in the mouth ,
- being down mouth ,
- being down the mouth ,
- being funk ,
- being gloomy ,
- being in a funk ,
- being in funk ,
- is a funk ,
- is apathetic ,
- is down in mouth ,
- is down in the mouth ,
- is down mouth ,
- is down the mouth ,
- is funk ,
- is gloomy ,
- is in a funk ,
- is in funk ,
- loses heart ,
- losing heart ,
- lost heart ,
- pined away ,
- pines away ,
- pining away ,
- was a funk ,
- was apathetic ,
- was down in mouth ,
- was down in the mouth ,
- was down mouth ,
- was down the mouth ,
- was funk ,
- was gloomy ,
- was in a funk ,
- was in funk ,
- wast a funk ,
- wast apathetic ,
- wast down in mouth ,
- wast down in the mouth ,
- wast down mouth ,
- wast down the mouth ,
- wast funk ,
- wast gloomy ,
- wast in a funk ,
- wast in funk ,
- wear long face ,
- wearing a long face ,
- wearing long face ,
- wears a long face ,
- wears long face ,
- were a funk ,
- were apathetic ,
- were down in mouth ,
- were down in the mouth ,
- were down mouth ,
- were down the mouth ,
- were funk ,
- were gloomy ,
- were in a funk ,
- were in funk ,
- wert a funk ,
- wert apathetic ,
- wert down in mouth ,
- wert down in the mouth ,
- wert down mouth ,
- wert down the mouth ,
- wert funk ,
- wert gloomy ,
- wert in a funk ,
- wert in funk ,
- wore a long face ,
- wore long face .
- am brokenhearted ,
- am sad ,
- are brokenhearted ,
- are sad ,
- art brokenhearted ,
- art sad ,
- be moan ,
- be moaned ,
- be moaning ,
- be moans ,
- be wail ,
- be wailed ,
- be wailing ,
- be wails ,
- be-moan ,
- be-moaned ,
- be-moaning ,
- be-moans ,
- be-wail ,
- be-wailed ,
- be-wailing ,
- be-wails ,
- being brokenhearted ,
- being sad ,
- is brokenhearted ,
- is sad ,
- longed for ,
- take hard ,
- takes hard ,
- takes it hard ,
- taking hard ,
- taking it hard ,
- took hard ,
- took it hard ,
- was brokenhearted ,
- was sad ,
- wast brokenhearted ,
- wast sad ,
- wearing black ,
- wears black ,
- were brokenhearted ,
- were sad ,
- wert brokenhearted ,
- wert sad ,
- wore black ,
- wringing hands ,
- wrings hands ,
- wrung hands .
- over sleep ,
- over sleeping ,
- over sleeps ,
- over slept ,
- over-sleep ,
- over-sleeping ,
- over-sleeps ,
- over-slept ,
- sleeping in ,
- sleeps in ,
- slept in .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- going bad ,
- went bad .
- ZZZ ,
- bedded down ,
- bedding down ,
- beds down ,
- catch wink ,
- catches a wink ,
- catches forty winks ,
- catches wink ,
- catching a wink ,
- catching forty winks ,
- catching wink ,
- caught a wink ,
- caught forty winks ,
- caught wink ,
- cop some z ,
- cop some z' ,
- cop some ze ,
- cop some zs ,
- copped some z ,
- copped some z' ,
- copped some z's ,
- copped some ze ,
- copped some zs ,
- copping some z ,
- copping some z' ,
- copping some z's ,
- copping some ze ,
- copping some zs ,
- cops some z ,
- cops some z' ,
- cops some z's ,
- cops some ze ,
- cops some zs ,
- falls asleep ,
- fell asleep ,
- hit hay ,
- hit sack ,
- hits sack ,
- hits the sack ,
- hitting sack ,
- hitting the sack ,
- nodded off ,
- re lax ,
- re pose ,
- re posed ,
- re sting ,
- re-lax ,
- re-pose ,
- re-posed ,
- re-sting ,
- sacking out ,
- sacks out ,
- sawed wood ,
- sawing wood ,
- saws wood ,
- take nap ,
- takes nap ,
- taking a nap ,
- taking nap ,
- took a nap ,
- took nap ,
- zonk out ,
- zonked out ,
- zonking out ,
- zonks out ,
- zzzed ,
- zzzes ,
- zzzing .
- go seed ,
- goes seed ,
- going seed ,
- going to seed ,
- lay fallow ,
- lied fallow ,
- lies fallow ,
- lying fallow ,
- not moves ,
- stands still ,
- stood still ,
- went seed ,
- went to seed .
- am affected ,
- am at disadvantage ,
- am convulsed ,
- am disadvantage ,
- am handicapped ,
- am impaired ,
- am racked ,
- am wounded ,
- are affected ,
- are at disadvantage ,
- are convulsed ,
- are disadvantage ,
- are handicapped ,
- are impaired ,
- are racked ,
- are wounded ,
- art affected ,
- art at disadvantage ,
- art convulsed ,
- art disadvantage ,
- art handicapped ,
- art impaired ,
- art racked ,
- art wounded ,
- be disadvantage ,
- being affected ,
- being at disadvantage ,
- being convulsed ,
- being disadvantage ,
- being handicapped ,
- being impaired ,
- being racked ,
- being wounded ,
- complained of ,
- complaining of ,
- complains of ,
- feeling wretched ,
- feels wretched ,
- felt wretched ,
- had a bad time ,
- had bad time ,
- haddest a bad time ,
- haddest bad time ,
- hadst a bad time ,
- hadst bad time ,
- has a bad time ,
- has bad time ,
- hast a bad time ,
- hast bad time ,
- hath a bad time ,
- hath bad time ,
- have bad time ,
- having a bad time ,
- having bad time ,
- is affected ,
- is at disadvantage ,
- is convulsed ,
- is disadvantage ,
- is handicapped ,
- is impaired ,
- is racked ,
- is wounded ,
- un derwent ,
- un-derwent ,
- under going ,
- under gone ,
- under went ,
- under-going ,
- under-gone ,
- under-went ,
- was affected ,
- was at disadvantage ,
- was convulsed ,
- was disadvantage ,
- was handicapped ,
- was impaired ,
- was racked ,
- was wounded ,
- wast affected ,
- wast at disadvantage ,
- wast convulsed ,
- wast disadvantage ,
- wast handicapped ,
- wast impaired ,
- wast racked ,
- wast wounded ,
- were affected ,
- were at disadvantage ,
- were convulsed ,
- were disadvantage ,
- were handicapped ,
- were impaired ,
- were racked ,
- were wounded ,
- wert affected ,
- wert at disadvantage ,
- wert convulsed ,
- wert disadvantage ,
- wert handicapped ,
- wert impaired ,
- wert racked ,
- wert wounded .
- are inert ,
- art inert ,
- being inert ,
- is inert ,
- passed time ,
- passes time ,
- passing time ,
- was inert ,
- wast inert ,
- were inert ,
- wert inert .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- eases up ,
- easing up ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- loses spirit ,
- losing spirit ,
- lost spirit ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- thinned out ,
- thins out .
- am desirous of ,
- am eager for ,
- am passionate ,
- are desirous of ,
- are eager for ,
- are passionate ,
- art desirous of ,
- art passionate ,
- being desirous of ,
- being eager for ,
- being passionate ,
- had a crush on ,
- had a yen for ,
- had crush on ,
- had yen for ,
- haddest a crush on ,
- haddest a yen for ,
- haddest crush on ,
- haddest yen for ,
- hadst a crush on ,
- hadst a yen for ,
- hadst crush on ,
- hadst yen for ,
- has a crush on ,
- has a yen for ,
- has crush on ,
- has yen for ,
- hast a crush on ,
- hast a yen for ,
- hast crush on ,
- hast yen for ,
- hath a crush on ,
- hath a yen for ,
- hath crush on ,
- hath yen for ,
- have crush on ,
- have yen for ,
- having a crush on ,
- having a yen for ,
- having crush on ,
- having yen for ,
- is desirous of ,
- is eager for ,
- is passionate ,
- set one heart on ,
- set ones heart on ,
- sets heart on ,
- sets one heart on ,
- sets one's heart on ,
- sets ones heart on ,
- setting heart on ,
- setting one heart on ,
- setting one's heart on ,
- setting ones heart on ,
- was desirous of ,
- was eager for ,
- was passionate ,
- wast desirous of ,
- wast eager for ,
- wast passionate ,
- were desirous of ,
- were eager for ,
- were passionate ,
- wert desirous of ,
- wert eager for ,
- wert passionate .
Other synonyms:
- backfire ,
- boomerang ,
- crumble ,
- disintegrate ,
- fall behind ,
- flop ,
- implode ,
- misfire ,
- self-destruct ,
- sicken ,
- sputter ,
- totter ,
- underperform .
- fail .
- sink .
- go for ,
- strike out .
- crash .
- miss .
Other relevant words:
- Bunked ,
- Bunking ,
- Disimprove ,
- Downs ,
- Drowsed ,
- Evanish ,
- Experiencing ,
- Gloomed ,
- Hungered ,
- Hungering ,
- Idled ,
- Meditated ,
- N ,
- NS ,
- Ned ,
- OUTS ,
- Regretted ,
- Retrograded ,
- Retrograding ,
- Rued ,
- Slumbered ,
- Suspired ,
- Swagged ,
- Swagging ,
- Vegetated ,
- Waned ,
- anguished ,
- atrophied ,
- atrophying ,
- aways ,
- be affected ,
- be apathetic ,
- be at disadvantage ,
- be brokenhearted ,
- be convulsed ,
- be desirous of ,
- be down in the mouth ,
- be eager for ,
- be gloomy ,
- be handicapped ,
- be impaired ,
- be in a funk ,
- be in brown study ,
- be inert ,
- be overcome ,
- be passionate ,
- be racked ,
- be sad ,
- be wounded ,
- become limp ,
- become stale ,
- become unconscious ,
- bed down ,
- belly up ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- brood ,
- catch a wink ,
- catch forty winks ,
- catnapped ,
- catnapping ,
- cave in ,
- caves in ,
- caving in ,
- chafe inwardly ,
- collapse ,
- complain of ,
- conk out ,
- conked out ,
- cop some z's ,
- decline ,
- deteriorate ,
- die away ,
- die down ,
- die on vine ,
- die out ,
- died down ,
- died out ,
- dies down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- dried up ,
- drowse ,
- drowses ,
- drowsing ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dwell upon ,
- dwelling upon ,
- dying down ,
- ease off ,
- easing off ,
- eat heart out ,
- eat one's heart out ,
- ebb ,
- exhaust ,
- fade ,
- fade away ,
- fades away ,
- fading away ,
- fag out ,
- fagged out ,
- faint ,
- fall asleep ,
- fall away ,
- fall back ,
- fall down ,
- falling asleep ,
- falling away ,
- falling down ,
- falls away ,
- falls down ,
- fatigue ,
- feel wretched ,
- fell down ,
- flag ,
- flake out ,
- flaked out ,
- flow back ,
- flowing back ,
- flows back ,
- founders ,
- gave in ,
- gave way ,
- give out ,
- give way ,
- giving way ,
- glooming ,
- go bad ,
- go downhill ,
- go out ,
- go out like light ,
- go to pot ,
- go to the dogs ,
- goes bad ,
- goes downhill ,
- goes out ,
- going downhill ,
- grieve ,
- grumped ,
- grumping ,
- hang down ,
- hanging down ,
- have a bad time ,
- have a crush on ,
- have a yen for ,
- hibernate ,
- hit the sack ,
- hit the skids ,
- keened ,
- keening ,
- keens ,
- lament ,
- long for ,
- longing for ,
- longs for ,
- lose heart ,
- lose value ,
- melt away ,
- moon ,
- mope ,
- mourn ,
- mull over ,
- mulling over ,
- mulls over ,
- nod off ,
- nodding off ,
- nods off ,
- outed ,
- oversleep ,
- pass time ,
- perspire ,
- peter out ,
- petering out ,
- pine away ,
- recede ,
- reflects ,
- relapse ,
- repine ,
- retreating ,
- retrogrades ,
- rot ,
- rotted ,
- rotting ,
- sack out ,
- sacked out ,
- sag ,
- saw wood ,
- set heart on ,
- set one's heart on ,
- shatter ,
- sigh ,
- slack off ,
- slacking off ,
- sleep ,
- sleep in ,
- slumbering ,
- stagnate ,
- stew over ,
- suffer ,
- suspire ,
- suspires ,
- suspiring ,
- swag ,
- sweat out ,
- sweat over ,
- sweating out ,
- take a nap ,
- take it hard ,
- takes a nap ,
- taper off ,
- tapers ,
- tapers off ,
- think about ,
- think upon ,
- thinking about ,
- thinks about ,
- thought about ,
- tire ,
- tucker out ,
- tuckered out ,
- vegetate ,
- waste away ,
- wasted away ,
- wasting away ,
- weaken ,
- wear a long face ,
- wear black ,
- went downhill ,
- wilt ,
- wither ,
- wizen ,
- wring hands ,
- yearn .
- be worse for wear ,
- become worse ,
- lose it ,
- lose quality ,
- lost it ,
- wear away ,
- wearing away ,
- wears away .
- Bedraggling ,
- FAGS ,
- Fagging ,
- bedraggle ,
- bushing ,
- fag ,
- fagged ,
- jade ,
- overtire ,
- overtired ,
- tucker ,
- tuckering ,
- tuckers ,
- wear down .
- Deliquesce ,
- Desiderate ,
- Goneness ,
- Languishing ,
- abate ,
- ablate ,
- abridge ,
- absorb ,
- afflict ,
- ail ,
- ailing ,
- aspire after ,
- asthenia ,
- attenuation ,
- attrition ,
- bate ,
- be affected with ,
- be disregarded ,
- be eaten away ,
- be idle ,
- be ill ,
- be limp ,
- be neglected ,
- become suicidal ,
- befall ,
- bleak ,
- blow ,
- blow over ,
- bow ,
- break ,
- break one's heart ,
- cadaverous ,
- catch at ,
- cease ,
- come unstuck ,
- consume ,
- consumption ,
- contract ,
- corrode ,
- count sheep ,
- cry for ,
- debilitate ,
- debilitated ,
- debilitating ,
- debilitation ,
- debility ,
- decay ,
- decompose ,
- decrease ,
- decrepit ,
- decrepitude ,
- delicate ,
- depress ,
- descend ,
- desiccate ,
- desire ,
- desist ,
- desolate ,
- despair ,
- despond ,
- devastate ,
- die ,
- diminish ,
- disappear ,
- dive ,
- do in ,
- doss down ,
- doze ,
- droop ,
- drop ,
- dwindle ,
- dying ,
- ease ,
- emaciate ,
- emaciated ,
- emaciation ,
- enervating ,
- erode ,
- evanesce ,
- exhausted ,
- exhaustion ,
- expenditure ,
- expire ,
- fade out ,
- fall ,
- fall off ,
- falter ,
- feeble ,
- feebleness ,
- fester ,
- fizzle out ,
- fleet ,
- frail ,
- frailty ,
- fritter ,
- gasp ,
- gaunt ,
- gauntness ,
- go down ,
- go soft ,
- go through ,
- go to pieces ,
- grasp at ,
- gutter ,
- halt ,
- hang fire ,
- hanker ,
- have ,
- hit rock bottom ,
- hit the hay ,
- hope for ,
- hunger ,
- hurt ,
- idle ,
- idle about ,
- infirm ,
- infirmity ,
- jump at ,
- kip ,
- knock-off ,
- labels ,
- lax ,
- lay waste to ,
- laze ,
- lean ,
- lessen ,
- lie down ,
- limp ,
- liquidate ,
- live through ,
- loaf ,
- loll ,
- lose courage ,
- lose nerve ,
- lose strength ,
- lounge ,
- macerate ,
- marasmus ,
- melt ,
- merge ,
- mild ,
- moulder ,
- nap ,
- need ,
- neutralize ,
- overtake ,
- pass ,
- pass off ,
- peak ,
- peg out ,
- perish ,
- pine for ,
- plummet ,
- plunge ,
- poor ,
- powerless ,
- put up with ,
- ravage ,
- reach the depths ,
- recline ,
- relax ,
- repose ,
- rest ,
- run low ,
- run off ,
- rust ,
- sear ,
- shake ,
- shorten ,
- shrink ,
- shrivel ,
- sickly ,
- sigh for ,
- slack ,
- slump ,
- snivel ,
- snooze ,
- sorrow ,
- spend ,
- spent ,
- spoil ,
- squander ,
- subside ,
- tabes ,
- tabs ,
- tags ,
- tail off ,
- take it easy ,
- thin ,
- throw away ,
- touch bottom ,
- tremble ,
- trifle away ,
- unwind ,
- vanish ,
- want ,
- ware ,
- wear ,
- wear out ,
- wear thin ,
- worry about ,
- worsen ,
- yearn for ,
- yield .
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How to use "Languish" in context?
When someone languishes, they are inactive and unwilling to do anything. They might be in a taking a long time to respond or speak. A person can languish because they are feeling low or are not interested in anything. It can also be an intentional act where someone wants to avoid activity or confrontation.
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Hyponym for Languish:
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drop, devolve, degenerate, deteriorate.
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change
weaken.
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