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Grammar : Noun
Spell : lang-gwish-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ mənt



Definition of languishment

  • As in weariness : noun exhaustion
Example sentences :
  • There is more in disease than the mere pang and languishment.
  • Extract from : « Hypolympia » by Edmund Gosse
  • Without health life is only a languishment and an image of death.
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • In whom can hardness of heart, sloth, rancour, languishment stand before that name?
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • He seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied desire.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
  • Sophia's beauty, which derived piquancy from a certain Oriental languishment of manner, was every where the theme of admiration.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various

Synonyms for languishment

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