Languished [verb]
Definition of Languished:
droop; become dull, listless
Synonyms of Languished:
● Dwindle
● Faint
● Wither
● Fail
● Suffer
● Rot
● Weaken
● Despond
● Ebb
● Hunger
● Sigh
● Yearn
● Pine
● Decline
● Brood
● Repine
● Long
● Fade
● Waste
● Sorrow
● Hanker
● Flag
● Snivel
● Desire
● Wilt
● Grieve
● Sicken
● Tucker
● Fag
● Conk out
● Fag out
● Go soft
Opposite/Antonyms of Languished:
● Flourish
● Be happy
● Rise
● Build
● Develop
● Delight
● Improve
● Despise
● Hate
● Dislike
● Increase
● Grow
Sentence/Example of Languished:
The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merry have sighed.
He was arrested, taken back to Paris, and cast into prison, where he languished for some time.
The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.
Nor did he support exile with dignity; he languished like Cicero when doomed to a similar fate, and died of a broken heart.
Indeed, the greater part of the talk had been between Miss Angela and myself, and even that had languished.
The child did not cry when it was thus abused, but thenceforth languished, and soon afterwards died.
After this accident the creature languished for some time and died.
And their companion languished up at him with a world of approval.
Anne and Charlotte drooped and languished; Branwell, too, was ill.
That monarch, easily the first comedian of his time, allowed no rivals on the mimic stage, and it languished during his reign.