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Webster 1913 Edition


Languishing

Lan′guish-ing

,
Adj.
1.
Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
2.
Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy;
as,
languishing
eyes, or look
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Languishing

LAN'GUISHING

, ppr.
1.
Becoming or being feeble; losing strength; pining; withering; fading.
2.
a. Having a languid appearance; as a languishing eye.

Definition 2024


languishing

languishing

English

Adjective

languishing

  1. lacking of vigor or spirit.

Verb

languishing

  1. present participle of languish

Noun

languishing (plural languishings)

  1. The act of one who languishes.
    • 1680, Thomas Otway, The Orphan
      Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!