Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Expressive of languor; indicating tender, sentimental emotion: as, a languishing look or sigh.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
- adjective Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy.
- adjective Suffering neglect; neglected.
- adjective Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering.
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- adjective
lacking ofvigor orspirit . - verb Present participle of
languish .
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Examples
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To me, they read with a practical air, perhaps reflecting the fact that they were once recited aloud from memory, perhaps reflecting a people without a lot of interest in languishing, musing, or waxing philosophically.
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You're not any less 'credible' just because people getting published in languishing dead trees disagree with you.
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Yes, my poor Orenburg shawl in languishing in favor of this beauty.
May 2006 2006
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Yes, my poor Orenburg shawl in languishing in favor of this beauty.
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So, we always said we will do buybacks as long as we think the stock is attractive and using that capital doesn't take away our ability to grow the company and we have enough excess capital that that's been the case, I hate to use the word languishing but this current stock prices extremely attractive, trading around our book value and as you know most of our competitors that are public or trading, 1.3 to 1.5 times book value.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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He didn't much relish the idea of languishing around the empty Collegium for a fortnight with nothing to do and no company.
Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000
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He revolted at the idea of languishing in idleness at Paris, while fresh laurels were growing for him in distant climes.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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He revolted at the idea of languishing in idleness at Paris, while fresh laurels were growing for him in distant climes.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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Oduwole has called the languishing case frivolous and a "misunderstanding" blown out of proportion.
The Seattle Times 2011
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He revolted at the idea of languishing in idleness at Paris, while fresh laurels were growing for him in distant climes.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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