LANGUISH
\lˈaŋɡwɪʃ], \lˈaŋɡwɪʃ], \l_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_w_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of LANGUISH
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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have a yen for
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lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
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have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
By Princeton University
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To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
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To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
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To cause to droop or pine.
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See Languishiment.
By Oddity Software
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To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
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To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
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To cause to droop or pine.
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See Languishiment.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To become languid or enfeebled: to lose strength and animation: to pine: to become dull, as of trade.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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