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Definition of Languishing
1. a. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
Definition of Languishing
1. Adjective. lacking of vigor or spirit. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of languish) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Languishing
1. languish [v] - See also: languish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Languishing
Literary usage of Languishing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"Just so helpless did I feel, disarmed into just the same languishing impotence
to face (or make an effort at facing) the difficulty before me, ..."
2. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"relee a languishing existence, -en [c] dying ... -n [c] languishing. Hensyn [n]
respect, regard, consideration; af — til out of regard to, on the score of, ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... though meant only to indicate the superior size of Ghent to the Paris of that
day, stung Francis the First into the renewal of a languishing war. ..."
4. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1887)
"... from all lingering fondness and languishing regrets, while it rushes with him
into other and nobler duties, and deepens the channel which his heroic ..."
5. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"... treachery of that count, gained at Tiberias a complete victory over them,
which utterly broke the power of the already languishing kingdom of Jerusalem. ..."
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