LANGUISH as VERB

1. Meaning
   • become feeble
   Synonym(s)
   • fade (what does fade mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
   Hypernyms(s) languish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • devolve (what does devolve mean?)
   • deteriorate (what does deteriorate mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   • degenerate (what does degenerate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • attenuation (what does attenuation mean?)
   • fading (what does fading mean?)
   • languisher (what does languisher mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
   Synonym(s)
   • pine away (what does pine away mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • After her husband died, she just pined away
   Hypernyms(s) languish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • weaken (what does weaken mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • languisher (what does languisher mean?)
   • wastage (what does wastage mean?)
3. Meaning
   • have a desire for something or someone who is not present
   Synonym(s)
   • ache (what does ache mean?)
   • pine (what does pine mean?)
   • yearn (what does yearn mean?)
   • yen (what does yen mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She ached for a cigarette
   • I am pining for my lover
   Hypernyms(s) languish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hanker (what does hanker mean?)
   • long (what does long mean?)
   • yearn (what does yearn mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pining (what does pining mean?)
   • hankering (what does hankering mean?)
   • yen (what does yen mean?)
   • longer (what does longer mean?)
   • thirster (what does thirster mean?)
   • yearner (what does yearner mean?)
   • longing (what does longing mean?)
   • yearning (what does yearning mean?)