Crossword clues for languishing
languishing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Languishing \Lan"guish*ing\, a.
Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; as, languishing eyes, or look.
Suffering neglect; neglected.
Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering.
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.]
-
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.
We . . . do languish of such diseases.
--2 Esdras viii. 31.Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life.
--Pope.For the fields of Heshbon languish.
--Is. xvi. 8. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
--Tennyson.-
To be neglected and unattended to; as, the proposal languished on the director's desk for months.
Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
Wiktionary
lacking of vigor or spirit. n. The act of one who languishes. v
(present participle of languish English)
Usage examples of "languishing".
Hebrew wrapped in a shawl, a beggar of Galilee, a peasant of Jericho, a Midianite languishing beside a well.
He in particular endeavoured to wean his attention from the lost Monimia, by engaging it upon his domestic affairs, and upon the wrongs of his mother and sister, who, he gave him to understand, were languishing under the tyranny of his father-in-law.
He is worth mentioning only because, just as the Rentenmark was coming in, he sold Mama and Matzerath a languishing grocery store ruined by credit, in the suburb of Langfuhr.
Katherine sat beside Amelia in the carriage while Blake rode alongside, cutting a dashing figure on a big bay stallion, attracting many raised eyebrows and admiring, languishing feminine glances from behind unfurled fans--none of which were lost on Katherine.
I laid my hand upon her with delight, she gently repulsed me, looking at me with a languishing gaze which made the deepest impression on me.
Arms and finds Mr. Weevle languishing over tea and toast with a considerable expression on him of exhausted excitement and exhausted tobacco-smoke.
Otherwise mildly studious in his observation of human nature, on the whole a benignant philosopher not disposed to be severe upon the follies of mankind, Mr. Bucket pervades a vast number of houses and strolls about an infinity of streets, to outward appearance rather languishing for want of an object.
When we hastily returned from putting on our bonnets, we found the young family languishing in a corner and Mrs. Pardiggle sweeping about the room, knocking down nearly all the light objects it contained.
Bucket pervades a vast number of houses and strolls about an infinity of streets, to outward appearance rather languishing for want of an object.
She awaits my coming daily in the Visitation Room, with a pair of youngsters who had far rather be out romping in the lovely spring than languishing in this caged, sunless place.
What stars are these that sing so beautifully when all the world is languishing in dissonance?
One by a veritable infatuation, another by jealousy, another by avenging a lover who had left her, to reawaken the ardors of a languishing lover--all to follow the fashion.
She went on thinking this, answering vaguely, languishing affectionately, and altogether drifting, until she was on a borderless sea of speculation.
Finally he found _The Language of Love_ languishing boxless in the bottom of the case and popped it into a portable stereo on a bricks-and-boards bookshelf.
Finally he found The Language of Love languishing boxless in the bottom of the case and popped it into a portable stereo on a bricks-and-boards bookshelf.