languishing 音标拼音: [l'æŋgwɪʃɪŋ]
a . 衰弱下去的;苦思的
衰弱下去的;苦思的
Languish \
Lan "
guish \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Languished };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Languishing }.] [
OE .
languishen ,
languissen ,
F .
languir ,
L .
languere ;
cf .
Gr . ?
to slacken , ?
slack ,
Icel .
lakra to lag behind ;
prob .
akin to E .
lag ,
lax ,
and perh .
to E .
slack .
See {-
ish }.]
1 .
To become languid or weak ;
to lose strength or animation ;
to be or become dull ,
feeble or spiritless ;
to pine away ;
to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition ;
to wither or fade .
[
1913 Webster ]
We . . .
do languish of such diseases . --
2 Esdras viii .
31 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cease ,
fond nature ,
cease thy strife ,
And let me languish into life . --
Pope .
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For the fields of Heshbon languish . --
Is .
xvi .
8 .
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2 .
To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief ,
appealing for sympathy . --
Tennyson .
3 .
To be neglected and unattended to ;
as ,
the proposal languished on the director '
s desk for months .
[
PJC ]
Syn :
To pine ;
wither ;
fade ;
droop ;
faint .
[
1913 Webster ]
Languishing \
Lan "
guish *
ing \,
a .
1 .
Becoming languid and weak ;
pining ;
losing health and strength .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Amorously pensive ;
indicating melancholy ;
as ,
languishing eyes ,
or look .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Suffering neglect ;
neglected .
[
PJC ]
4 .
Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state ;
lingering .
[
PJC ]
201 Moby Thesaurus words for "
languishing ":
Heimweh ,
aching ,
adoring ,
affectionate ,
bowed -
down ,
cachectic ,
cachexia ,
cachexy ,
cast down ,
chronic ill health ,
coming apart ,
conjugal ,
contractive ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
dashed ,
debilitated ,
debilitation ,
debility ,
decadent ,
declining ,
decreasing ,
decrepitude ,
decrescendo ,
decrescent ,
degenerate ,
dejected ,
delicacy ,
delicate health ,
deliquescent ,
demonstrative ,
depressed ,
desiderium ,
despairing ,
despondent ,
desponding ,
deteriorating ,
devoted ,
diminishing ,
diminuendo ,
discouraged ,
disheartened ,
disintegrating ,
dispirited ,
down ,
downcast ,
downhearted ,
drained ,
draining ,
drawn -
out ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
dwindling ,
ebbing ,
effete ,
enervated ,
enervation ,
enfeebled ,
exhausted ,
exhaustion ,
extended ,
fading ,
failing ,
faineant ,
faithful ,
falling ,
feeble ,
feebleness ,
feeling low ,
filial ,
flagging ,
fond ,
fragility ,
fragmenting ,
frail ,
frailty ,
going to pieces ,
hankering ,
healthless ,
healthlessness ,
heartless ,
homesick ,
homesickness ,
honing ,
husbandly ,
hypochondria ,
hypochondriac ,
hypochondriacal ,
hypochondriasis ,
ill health ,
in low spirits ,
in poor health ,
in the depths ,
in the doldrums ,
in the dumps ,
indolent ,
infirm ,
infirmity ,
interminable ,
invalid ,
invalidism ,
invalidity ,
lackadaisical ,
languishment ,
languorous ,
lasting ,
lengthened ,
lessening ,
limp ,
lingering ,
listless ,
long ,
long -
continuing ,
long -
drawn ,
long -
drawn -
out ,
long -
pending ,
long -
winded ,
longing ,
lovelorn ,
lovesick ,
lovesome ,
loving ,
low ,
low -
spirited ,
mal du pays ,
maladie du pays ,
marathon ,
marcescent ,
maternal ,
melting ,
morbidity ,
morbidness ,
moribund ,
nostalgia ,
nostalgic ,
nostomania ,
on the wane ,
overlong ,
pale ,
parental ,
paternal ,
peaked ,
peakedness ,
peaky ,
pessimistic ,
pining ,
poor health ,
prolonged ,
protracted ,
reduced ,
reduced in health ,
reductive ,
regressive ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
romantic ,
run -
down ,
sentimental ,
shriveling ,
sickliness ,
sickly ,
sinking ,
sliding ,
slipping ,
slumping ,
soft ,
spiritless ,
spun -
out ,
stretched -
out ,
subdued ,
subsiding ,
suicidal ,
tabetic ,
tender ,
unhealthiness ,
unhealthy ,
unsound ,
unsoundness ,
unwholesomeness ,
uxorious ,
valetudinarian ,
valetudinarianism ,
valetudinary ,
waning ,
wasting ,
weakened ,
weakliness ,
weakly ,
weary of life ,
wifely ,
wilting ,
wishful ,
wistful ,
with low resistance ,
withering ,
woebegone ,
world -
weary ,
worsening ,
yearnful ,
yearning ,
yen
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