languishing

English

Adjective

languishing

  1. Lacking of vigor or spirit.

Derived terms

Verb

languishing

  1. present participle and gerund of languish

Noun

languishing (plural languishings)

  1. The act of one who languishes.
    • 1680, Thomas Otway, The Orphan:
      Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!
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