languish

languish

languish (third-person singular simple present languishes, present participle languishing, simple past and past participle languished)

1. (intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]
2. (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]

   He languished without his girlfriend

3. (intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c.]

   He languished in prison for years

4. (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. [from 17th c.]

   The case languished for years before coming to trial.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate. [15th-17th c.]
6. (intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously. [from 18th c.]
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma:

     He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an ""exactly so,"" as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.

	intristire
	to lose strength and become weak

	segnare il passo
	to be neglected, to make little progress

	stagnare
	to be neglected, to make little progress

	vivachiare
	to live in miserable conditions

languire

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]

(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. [from 17th c.]

(transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate. [15th-17th c.]

to pine away with longing

(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]

(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c.]

(intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously. [from 18th c.]

Traduzione 'veloce'

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