Thesaurus / languished
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synonyms for languished
- deteriorate
- dwindle
- fail
- faint
- rot
- suffer
- weaken
- wither
- brood
- decline
- desire
- despond
- ebb
- fade
- fag
- flag
- grieve
- hanker
- hunger
- long
- pine
- repine
- sicken
- sigh
- snivel
- sorrow
- tucker
- waste
- wilt
- yearn
- be disregarded
- be neglected
- conk out
- die on vine
- fag out
- fizzle out
- go soft
- go to pieces
- knock out
- waste away
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The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merry have sighed.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSHe was arrested, taken back to Paris, and cast into prison, where he languished for some time.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThe country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSNor did he support exile with dignity; he languished like Cicero when doomed to a similar fate, and died of a broken heart.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDIndeed, the greater part of the talk had been between Miss Angela and myself, and even that had languished.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONSThe child did not cry when it was thus abused, but thenceforth languished, and soon afterwards died.
WITCH, WARLOCK, AND MAGICIANWILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMSAfter this accident the creature languished for some time and died.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE, VOL. 1GILBERT WHITEAnd their companion languished up at him with a world of approval.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESAnne and Charlotte drooped and languished; Branwell, too, was ill.
EMILY BRONTA. MARY F. (AGNES MARY FRANCES) ROBINSONThat monarch, easily the first comedian of his time, allowed no rivals on the mimic stage, and it languished during his reign.
THE STONES OF PARIS IN HISTORY AND LETTERS, VOLUME I (OF 2)BENJAMIN ELLIS MARTIN