languishing

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

languishing

  1. lacking of vigor or spirit.

Verb[edit]

languishing

  1. present participle and gerund of languish

Noun[edit]

languishing (plural languishings)

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