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languishing

languishing adjective: lacking of vigor or spirit. Also the present participle and gerund of languish.

Adjective

languishing

  1. Lacking of vigor or spirit.

Noun

languishing (plural languishings)

  1. The act of one who languishes.
    • Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!1680, Thomas Otway, The Orphan

Also used as

languishing is also the present participle and gerund of languish.

Forms of languishing

plurallanguishings

Words formed from languishing

Questions about languishing

What does languishing mean?
Languishing means lacking of vigor or spirit.
What part of speech is languishing?
Languishing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near languishing in the dictionary

  1. languisher
  2. languishers
  3. languishes
  4. languishest
  5. languisheth
  6. languishing
  7. languishingly
  8. languishings
  9. languishment
  10. languishments
  11. languishness

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