Languish synonyms
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To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:
(Often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
To fade is defined as to become less bright, to grow more faint, less popular, or less strong, or to begin to wither away and disappear.
(Educ.) To get a grade of failure; not pass
To sag in dejection or exhaustion:
To have a strong desire or craving.
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To have an intense longing or desire; yearn
To wish or long for; want:
need (related)
To be under the necessity of or the obligation to:
want (related)
To feel the need of; long for; crave
To be in poor health, esp. over a period of time
(By extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
To grow worse; degenerate:
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(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
To lose courage or hope
To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
To cause to descend beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid:
To be or become stagnant.
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To put up with; tolerate:
To be plentifully supplied:
To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
To become limp, as from heat or lack of water; wither; droop
To cause to lose force or vitality; diminish or destroy:
thrive (antonym)
To grow vigorously or luxuriantly; improve physically
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grow (antonym)
To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become:
strengthen (antonym)
improve (antonym)
To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
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To lose strength or power
go-downhill
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hit-the-skids
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
strong (related)
In a strong manner; greatly, severely, vigorously, etc.
health (related)
To waste away from longing or grief
pine away
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
To have or give dull, steady pain
To have a yen (for); long; yearn
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incarcerate (related)
locked up (related)
cower (related)
Find another word for languish. In this page you can discover 45 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for languish, like: weaken, yearn, flag, fade, fail, droop, hunger, pine, desire, need and want.
