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languish

Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

The English word “languish” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
  2. To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
  3. To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
  4. To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
  5. To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
  6. To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

Etymology

From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”). : Compare languor, languid and lax. : Cognate with slack.

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