Definition of Languished

1. Verb. (past of languish) ¹

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Definition of Languished

1. languish [v] - See also: languish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Languished

languages
languaging
langue
langued
languente
langues
languet
languets
languette
languettes
languid
languidly
languidness
languidnesses
languish
languished (current term)
languisher
languishers
languishes
languishing
languishingly
languishment
languishments
languishness
languisht
languor
languorous
languorously
languorousness
languors

Literary usage of Languished

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Confessions of an English Opium-eater: And Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey (1850)
"... I languished, again the voice repeated, " cannot be granted." Well it was for me that, at this crisis, I was summoned ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"From his retirement in the happy country of Ionia, he was conveyed under a strong guard to the court of Milan ; where be languished above seven months, ..."

3. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"cied all the ladies languished, I saw them running about in veils from morning to night. 'Till I can see you, dear madam, let me hear from you as often as ..."

4. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"After this it never resumed its former splendour, but, like a flower transplanted into a foreign clime, languished by degrees, and at length sunk into ..."

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