languish
languish is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi.
- 2.2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. Tennyson.
- 3.To cause to dr [Obs.] Shak. Dryden.
- 4.See Languishiment. [Obs. or Poetic] What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish Shak. And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abatement
- abridge
- abridgment
- and
- anticlimax
- attenuate
- away
- bate
- coarctation
- contract
- contraction
- crumble
- decay
- declension
- decline
- decrease
- decreasing
- decrement
- depreciate
- depreciation
- dequantitate
- descend
- descent
- deterioration
- die
- diminish
- diminution
- discount
- drop
- dwarf
- ebb
- extenuate
- extenuation
- fall
- fine
- fritter
- halo
- head
- hide
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is languish.
- What is cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi called?
- What is 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. Tennyson called?
- What is see Languishiment. [Obs. or Poetic] What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish Shak. And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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