Definition of Languishing

1. a. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

Definition of Languishing

1. Adjective. lacking of vigor or spirit. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of languish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Languishing

1. languish [v] - See also: languish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Languishing

languente
langues
languet
languets
languette
languettes
languid
languidly
languidness
languidnesses
languish
languished
languisher
languishers
languishes
languishing (current term)
languishingly
languishment
languishments
languishness
languisht
languor
languorous
languorously
languorousness
languors
languour
languourous
languours
langur

Literary usage of Languishing

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

1. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"Just so helpless did I feel, disarmed into just the same languishing impotence to face (or make an effort at facing) the difficulty before me, ..."

2. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"relee a languishing existence, -en [c] dying ... -n [c] languishing. Hensyn [n] respect, regard, consideration; af — til out of regard to, on the score of, ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... though meant only to indicate the superior size of Ghent to the Paris of that day, stung Francis the First into the renewal of a languishing war. ..."

4. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1887)
"... from all lingering fondness and languishing regrets, while it rushes with him into other and nobler duties, and deepens the channel which his heroic ..."

5. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"... treachery of that count, gained at Tiberias a complete victory over them, which utterly broke the power of the already languishing kingdom of Jerusalem. ..."

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