languishing

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adjective

Lacking of vigor or spirit.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Lacking of vigor or spirit.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of languish
nounlanguishing (plural languishings)

plural languishings

  1. The act of one who languishes.

    Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!

    1680, Thomas Otway, The Orphan
Cite this entry
APA

languishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languishing

MLA

“languishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languishing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “languishing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languishing.

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