- Types Of Speech
- You can use languish as a verb in a sentence.
- About Languish
- A 2 syllables verb and 8 letters with the letters a, g, h, i, l, n, s, and u, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters gu. Languish starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters l, la, lan, lang, langu, and the ending characters are h, sh, ish, uish, guish, ..
- Definition
- Become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
- Origin/Roots
- Anglo Norman
- School Grade
- Languish is set as a grade eight word that starts with l, ends with h, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Languish in Pig Latin is said as "anguishlay or anguishlway".
- Unigram
- l | a | n | g | u | i | s | h
- Bigram
- la | an | ng | gu | ui | is | sh
- Trigram
- lan | ang | ngu | gui | uis | ish
- Quadrigram
- lang | angu | ngui | guis | uish
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- become feeble;
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;
"After her husband died, she just pined away" - have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette";
"I am pining for my lover"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Ablate | remove an organ or bodily structure |
| Bate | soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments "bate hides and skins" |
| Become Suicidal | |
| Be Eaten Away | |
| Bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
| Break | an escape from jail "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| Breakout | an escape from jail "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| Break Down | |
| Capitulation | the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions) "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Languish
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attenuation | the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density |
| Fading | weakening in force or intensity "attenuation in the volume of the sound" |
| Languisher | a person who languishes |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Degenerate | |
| Deteriorate | grow worse "Her condition deteriorated" "Conditions in the slums degenerated" "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| Devolve | grow worse "Her condition deteriorated" "Conditions in the slums degenerated" "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| Drop | the act of dropping something "they expected the drop would be successful" |
Languish Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With L
- Ends With H
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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