languish

languish /'læɳgwiʃ/
  • nội động từ
    • ốm yếu, tiều tuỵ
    • úa tàn, suy giảm, phai nhạt
      • the interest in that has languished: sự hứng thú với cái đó đã phai nhạt đi
    • mòn mỏi đợi chờ, héo hon đi vì mong mỏi
      • to languish for news from someone: mòn mỏi đợi chờ tin ai

Xem thêm: pine away, waste, ache, yearn, yen, pine, fade



languish

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; pine away, waste

    After her husband died, she just pined away

  • have a desire for something or someone who is not present; ache, yearn, yen, pine

    She ached for a cigarette

    I am pining for my lover

  • become feeble; fade

    The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

languishes|languished|languishing
ant.: encourage inspire