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languish
(encz) | languish,chřadnout v: PetrV |
languish
(encz) | languish,melancholicky hledět v: PetrV |
languish
(encz) | languish,slábnout v: PetrV |
languish
(encz) | languish,strádat v: PetrV |
languish
(encz) | languish,umdlévat v: PetrV |
Languish
(gcide) | Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i.
To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] --Shak. --Dryden.
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Languish
(gcide) | Languish \Lan"guish\, n.
See Languishment. [Obs. or Poetic]
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What, of death, too,
That rids our dogs of languish? --Shak.
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And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. --Pope.
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Languish
(gcide) | 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.
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We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
viii. 31.
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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.
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Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
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languish
(wn) | languish
v 1: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her
husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away,
waste, languish]
2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn:
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
3: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
languish
(encz) | languish,chřadnout v: PetrVlanguish,melancholicky hledět v: PetrVlanguish,slábnout v: PetrVlanguish,strádat v: PetrVlanguish,umdlévat v: PetrV |
languisher
(encz) | languisher, n: |
languishes
(encz) | languishes, |
Languished
(gcide) | 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.
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We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
viii. 31.
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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.
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Languisher
(gcide) | Languisher \Lan"guish*er\, n.
One who languishes.
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Languishing
(gcide) | 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.
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We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras
viii. 31.
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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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2. Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; as, languishing
eyes, or look.
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3. Suffering neglect; neglected.
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4. Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering.
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Languishingly
(gcide) | Languishingly \Lan"guish*ing*ly\, adv.
In a languishing manner.
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Languishment
(gcide) | Languishment \Lan"guish*ment\, n.
1. The state of languishing. "Lingering languishment."
--Shak.
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2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
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Languishness
(gcide) | Languishness \Lan"guish*ness\, n.
Languishment. [Obs.]
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languish
(wn) | languish
v 1: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her
husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away,
waste, languish]
2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn:
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
3: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade] |
languisher
(wn) | languisher
n 1: a person who languishes |
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