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English verb: languish | |||
| 1. | languish (change) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | ||
| Samples | After her husband died, she just pined away. | ||
| Synonyms | pine away, waste | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weaken | ||
| 2. | languish (emotion) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | ||
| Samples | She ached for a cigarette. I am pining for my lover. | ||
| Synonyms | ache, pine, yearn, yen | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hanker, long, yearn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | die | ||
| 3. | languish (body) become feeble | ||
| Samples | The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon. | ||
| Synonyms | fade | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | ||
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