languishing
[adjective]
Synonyms: languid, die-away, enervated, lackadaisical, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless

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Antonyms: flourishing, thriving, unaffected
Contrasted words: hale, healthy, robust, sound, energetic, lusty, vigorous
Related Words: debilitated, enfeebled, weakened, faineant, indolent, longing, pining, yearning

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

languishing adjective. ['laŋgwɪʃɪŋ] Now rare. ME.
[formed as LANGUISHING noun + -ING².]
1. Declining; suffering; becoming faint, feeble, or ill. ME.
b. Of an illness or death: lingering. E17.

2. a. Pining with love or grief. LME.
b. Of behaviour, a look: sentimental. L17.

3. Weary; bored; slow. Also, uninteresting. M17.

■ languishingly adverb L16.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

languishing noun. ['laŋgwɪʃɪŋ] Now rare. LME.
[from LANGUISH + -ING¹.]
The action of LANGUISH verb; languor. Also, an attack of languor or faintness, esp. proceeding from disease.

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