Languished Synonyms and Antonyms

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withered
  2. desired
  3. pined
  4. yearned
  5. ached
  6. hungered
Antonyms:
  1. thriven
  2. flourished

Words Related to Languished

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Languished Sentence Examples

  • The brotherhood appears to have languished in obscurity during the republic, and to have been revived by Augustus.

  • In 1100 he was captured by Danishmend of Sivas, and he languished in prison till 1103.

  • But while poetry languished, prose, for the first time, began to flourish in Denmark.

  • Many distinguished compositions appeared in its pages, but it gradually languished, and was given up after a year's experiment.

  • A great wave of secularity rolled over the Church, engulfing the religious orders with the rest; love waxed cold, fervour languished; learning declined, discipline was relaxed, bitter rivalries broke out, especially between Franciscans and Dominicans.

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