Antonyms for languished

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lang-gwish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ

Definition of languished

Origin : early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss-, present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill," from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.

verb droop; become dull, listless

Example sentences :

The little baby also languished, sharing its mother's depressed condition.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

Have we pined and languished for this happiness, Pyke, or have we not?'
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

Of course, he was arrested and languished in jail in utter agony and despair.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

And so, I languished for weeks, suffering from thirst and burning pains and hunger.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

So long as your Marquis languished for you, there was nothing you could not have done with the fool.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

On every hand love lurked, lingered, languished, but not for her.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

The District society never has languished since its organization in 1868.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

And Love in Babylon languished in the drawer for three months.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

I should have languished away if I had not succeeded in gratifying my passion.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

But I languished so much that they did not think me fit to eat.
Extract from : « Favorite Fairy Tales » by Logan Marshall

Synonyms for languished

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