languish

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verb

1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief (Freq. 1)
- After her husband died, she just pined away
• Syn:
pine away, waste
• Derivationally related forms:
languisher, wastage (for: waste)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. become feeble
- The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
• Syn:
fade
• Derivationally related forms:
fading (for: fade), languisher
• Hypernyms:
devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- She ached for a cigarette
- I am pining for my lover
• Syn:
ache, yearn, yen, pine
• Derivationally related forms:
pining (for: pine), yen (for: yen), yearner (for: yearn), yearning (for: yearn)
• Hypernyms:
hanker, long, yearn
• Hyponyms:
die
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fade, ache, yearn, yen, pine, pine away, waste