Now that I've lost him, all I can do is languish.
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Languish
Synonyms for "languish" (99 found)
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15 entriesTranslations
131 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lëngoj verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Armenian
4 entries- թախծել verb (to pine away with longing)
- թառամել verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- թուլանալ verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- հյուծվել verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отмалявам verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- отслабвам verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- чезна verb (to pine away with longing)
Catalan
2 entries- decaure verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- llanguir verb (to pine away with longing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 憔悴 verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Czech
2 entries- zeslábnout verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- živořit verb (to live in miserable conditions)
Danish
1 entries- trættes verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Dutch
4 entries- kwijnen verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- smachten verb (to pine away with longing)
- stagneren verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
- verlangen verb (to pine away with longing)
Esperanto
1 entries- velki verb (to pine away with longing)
Finnish
4 entries- kitua verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- nääntyä verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- riutua verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- riutua verb (to pine away with longing)
French
4 entries- devenir étique verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- décliner verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
- dépérir verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- languir verb (to pine away with longing)
German
4 entries- dahinsiechen verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- ermatten verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- erschlaffen verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- schmachten verb (to pine away with longing)
Greek
1 entries- μαραζώνω verb (to pine away with longing)
Hungarian
4 entries- bágyad verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- darvadozik verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
- eped verb (to pine away with longing)
- epekedik verb (to pine away with longing)
Ido
1 entries- langorar verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Italian
4 entries- intristire verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- languire verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- segnare il passo verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
- stagnare verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
Japanese
2 entries- 元気がなくなる verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- 惨めに暮らす verb (to live in miserable conditions)
Latin
1 entries- marcesco verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Macedonian
3 entries- ве́нее verb (to pine away with longing)
- и́збледи verb (to pine away with longing)
- о́слаби verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Māori
2 entries- hiangongo verb (to pine away with longing)
- tārure verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- binisîn verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Old English
1 entries- dwīnan verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Persian
4 entries- بیحال شدن verb (to pine away with longing)
- در حسرت سوختن verb (to pine away with longing)
- ذله شدن verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- رنجور شدن verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Polish
4 entries- dogorywać verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- marnieć verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- pokutować verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- tęsknić verb (to pine away with longing)
Portuguese
1 entries- definhar verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Russian
4 entries- влачи́ть жа́лкое существова́ние verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- изныва́ть verb (to pine away with longing)
- прозяба́ть verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- слабе́ть verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Spanish
4 entries- atascarse verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
- atrofiar verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- debilitarse verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
- decaer verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Swedish
2 entries- försmäkta verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- tyna bort verb (to lose strength and become weak)
Turkish
3 entries- durgunlaşmak verb (to pine away with longing)
- gevşemek verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- sürünmek verb (to live in miserable conditions)
Ukrainian
3 entries- скні́ти verb (to lose strength and become weak)
- скні́ти verb (to live in miserable conditions)
- скні́ти verb (to be neglected, to make little progress)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He left his brother to languish behind bars.
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He left his friend to languish behind bars.
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He left his girlfriend to languish behind bars.
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