"languish" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-languish.wav [Southern-England] Forms: languishes [present, singular, third-person], languishing [participle, present], languished [participle, past], languished [past]
Rhymes: -æŋɡwɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”). : Compare languor and lax. : Cognate with slack. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)leg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|languysshen}} Middle English languysshen, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|frm|languir}} Middle French languir, {{der|en|LL.|languio|languīre}} Late Latin languīre, {{der|en|la|langueo|languēre|to be faint, unwell}} Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”), {{m|en|languor}} languor, {{m|en|lax}} lax, {{m|en|slack}} slack Head templates: {{en-verb}} languish (third-person singular simple present languishes, present participle languishing, simple past and past participle languished)
  1. (intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. Tags: intransitive Translations (to lose strength and become weak): lëngoj (Albanian), թառամել (tʻaṙamel) (Armenian), թուլանալ (tʻulanal) (Armenian), տկարանալ (tkaranal) (Armenian), հյուծվել (hyucvel) (Armenian), отслабвам (otslabvam) (Bulgarian), отмалявам (otmaljavam) (Bulgarian), decaure (Catalan), 憔悴 (qiáocuì) (Chinese Mandarin), zeslábnout (Czech), trættes (Danish), verzwakken (Dutch), verslappen (Dutch), riutua (Finnish), nääntyä (Finnish), dépérir (French), se cachectiser (French), se rabougrir (French), devenir étique (French), ermatten (German), erschlaffen (German), siechen (German), gyengül (Hungarian), lankad (Hungarian), bágyad (Hungarian), ernyed (Hungarian), pilled (Hungarian), erőtlenedik (Hungarian), langorar (Ido), intristire (Italian), languire (Italian), 元気がなくなる (genki ga nakunaru) (alt: げんきがなくなる) (Japanese), marcesco (Latin), о́слаби (óslabi) (Macedonian), tārure (Maori), dwīnan (Old English), رنجور شدن (ranjur šodan) (Persian), marnieć [imperfective] (Polish), definhar (Portuguese), ча́хнуть (čáxnutʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), увяда́ть (uvjadátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), слабе́ть (slabétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), atrofiar (Spanish), marchitar (Spanish), decaer (Spanish), försmäkta (Swedish), tyna bort (Swedish), gevşemek (Turkish), скні́ти (skníty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-languish-en-verb-9ppogAnT Disambiguation of 'to lose strength and become weak': 90 2 1 1 5 2
  2. (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. Tags: intransitive Translations (to pine away with longing): տանջվել (tanǰvel) (Armenian), թախծել (tʻaxcel) (Armenian), ուժից ընկնել (užicʻ ənknel) (Armenian), ուժասպառ լինել (užaspaṙ linel) (Armenian), чезна (čezna) (Bulgarian), llanguir (Catalan), smachten (Dutch), verlangen (Dutch), velki (Esperanto), riutua (Finnish), räytyä (Finnish), languir (French), se mourir (French), schmachten (German), sehnen (German), sich verzehren (German), μαραζώνω (marazóno) (Greek), eped (Hungarian), epekedik (Hungarian), sóvárog (Hungarian), ве́нее (vénee) (Macedonian), и́збледи (ízbledi) (Macedonian), hiangongo (Maori), بیحال شدن (bi-hâl šodan) (Persian), در حسرت سوختن (dar hasrat suxtan) (Persian), tęsknić [imperfective] (Polish), тоскова́ть (toskovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), изныва́ть (iznyvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), languidecer (Spanish), durgunlaşmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-languish-en-verb-mixYxUba Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 58 10 19 2 8 Disambiguation of 'to pine away with longing': 2 80 7 6 2 3
  3. (intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. Tags: intransitive Translations (to live in miserable conditions): živořit (Czech), kwijnen (Dutch), wegkwijnen (Dutch), kitua (Finnish), riutua (Finnish), virua (Finnish), traîner une misérable éxistence (French), vivoter (French), dahinsiechen (German), schmachten (German), senyved (Hungarian), sínylődik (Hungarian), vivachiare (Italian), 惨めに暮らす (mijime ni kurasu) (alt: みじめにくらす) (Japanese), ذله شدن (zelle šodan) (Persian), dogorywać [imperfective] (Polish), pokutować [imperfective] (Polish), томи́ться (tomítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), прозяба́ть (prozjabátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), влачи́ть жа́лкое существова́ние (vlačítʹ žálkoje suščestvovánije) [imperfective] (Russian), sufrir (Spanish), desperecer (Spanish), ir tirando (Spanish), malvivir (Spanish), sürünmek (Turkish), скні́ти (skníty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-languish-en-verb-bXzmyKk5 Disambiguation of 'to live in miserable conditions': 3 9 82 3 2 2
  4. (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be neglected, to make little progress): stagneren (Dutch), roikkua (Finnish), péricliter (French), décliner (French), stagner (French), piétiner (French), marquer le pas (French), patauger (French), tesped (note: of a living being) (Hungarian), kókadozik (Hungarian), darvadozik (Hungarian), hervadozik (Hungarian), sorvadozik (Hungarian), stagnare (Italian), segnare il passo (Italian), سرد شدن (sard šodan) (Persian), مغفول ماندن (mağful mândan) (Persian), wlec się [imperfective] (Polish), тяну́ться (tjanútʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), periclitar (Spanish), debilitarse (Spanish), estancarse (Spanish), atascarse (Spanish), enredarse (Spanish), скні́ти (skníty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-languish-en-verb-fD2ibpj1 Disambiguation of 'to be neglected, to make little progress': 1 4 4 82 8 2
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-languish-en-verb-aLcwaols
  6. (intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-languish-en-verb-SGyV5ZIV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: languid, languor, languorous

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness."
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          "word": "թուլանալ"
        },
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          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "տկարանալ"
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        {
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          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "հյուծվել"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "отслабвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otmaljavam",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "отмалявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "decaure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiáocuì",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "憔悴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "zeslábnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "trættes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "verzwakken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "verslappen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "riutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "nääntyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "dépérir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "se cachectiser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "se rabougrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "devenir étique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "ermatten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "erschlaffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "siechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "gyengül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "lankad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "bágyad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "ernyed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "pilled"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "erőtlenedik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "sorvad (all: prefixed with el- when referring to the result, not the process)",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "langorar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "intristire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "languire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "alt": "げんきがなくなる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genki ga nakunaru",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "元気がなくなる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "marcesco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "óslabi",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "о́слаби"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "tārure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "dwīnan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ranjur šodan",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "رنجور شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "marnieć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "definhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čáxnutʹ",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ча́хнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvjadátʹ",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "увяда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slabétʹ",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "слабе́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "atrofiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "marchitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "decaer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "försmäkta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "tyna bort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "word": "gevşemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 1 1 5 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skníty",
          "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "скні́ти"
        }
      ]
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          "text": "He languished without his girlfriend.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness."
      ],
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          "longing",
          "longing"
        ],
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          "lovesickness",
          "lovesickness"
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness."
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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tanǰvel",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "տանջվել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tʻaxcel",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "թախծել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "užicʻ ənknel",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "ուժից ընկնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "užaspaṙ linel",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "ուժասպառ լինել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čezna",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "чезна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "llanguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "smachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "verlangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "velki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "riutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "räytyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "languir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "se mourir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "schmachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "sehnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "sich verzehren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "marazóno",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "μαραζώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "eped"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "epekedik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "sóvárog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vénee",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "ве́нее"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ízbledi",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "и́збледи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "hiangongo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bi-hâl šodan",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "بیحال شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dar hasrat suxtan",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "در حسرت سوختن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "tęsknić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "toskovátʹ",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "тоскова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iznyvátʹ",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "изныва́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "languidecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 80 7 6 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to pine away with longing",
          "word": "durgunlaşmak"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "He languished in prison for years.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To live in miserable or disheartening conditions."
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        ]
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        "(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "živořit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "kwijnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "wegkwijnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "kitua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "riutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "virua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "traîner une misérable éxistence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "vivoter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "dahinsiechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "schmachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "senyved"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "sínylődik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "vivachiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "alt": "みじめにくらす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mijime ni kurasu",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "惨めに暮らす"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zelle šodan",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "ذله شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dogorywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pokutować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tomítʹsja",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "томи́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prozjabátʹ",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прозяба́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vlačítʹ žálkoje suščestvovánije",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "влачи́ть жа́лкое существова́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "sufrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "desperecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "ir tirando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "malvivir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "word": "sürünmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 9 82 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skníty",
          "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "скні́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The case languished for years before coming to trial.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "stagneren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "roikkua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "péricliter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "décliner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "stagner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "piétiner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "marquer le pas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "patauger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "of a living being",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "tesped"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "kókadozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "darvadozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "hervadozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "sorvadozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "stagnare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "segnare il passo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sard šodan",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "سرد شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mağful mândan",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "مغفول ماندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wlec się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tjanútʹsja",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "тяну́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "periclitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "debilitarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "estancarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "atascarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "word": "enredarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 4 82 8 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skníty",
          "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "скні́ти"
        }
      ]
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        "To make weak; to weaken, devastate."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate."
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        {
          "ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma",
          "text": "He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an \"exactly so,\" as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1833, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Eleänore”, in Poems, page 31",
          "text": "His bowstring slackened, languid Love, / Leaning his cheek upon his hand, / Droops both his wings, regarding thee, / And so would languish evermore, / Serene, imperial Eleänore.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
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      "rhymes": "-æŋɡwɪʃ"
    },
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}
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    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”).\n: Compare languor and lax.\n: Cognate with slack.",
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    {
      "form": "languishes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "languishing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "languished",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "languished",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "languid"
    },
    {
      "word": "languor"
    },
    {
      "word": "languorous"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He languished without his girlfriend.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pine",
          "pine"
        ],
        [
          "longing",
          "longing"
        ],
        [
          "lovesickness",
          "lovesickness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He languished in prison for years.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To live in miserable or disheartening conditions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miserable",
          "miserable"
        ],
        [
          "dishearten",
          "dishearten"
        ],
        [
          "conditions",
          "conditions"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The case languished for years before coming to trial.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make weak; to weaken, devastate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "weaken",
          "weaken"
        ],
        [
          "devastate",
          "devastate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma",
          "text": "He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an \"exactly so,\" as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1833, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Eleänore”, in Poems, page 31",
          "text": "His bowstring slackened, languid Love, / Leaning his cheek upon his hand, / Droops both his wings, regarding thee, / And so would languish evermore, / Serene, imperial Eleänore.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "languid",
          "languid"
        ],
        [
          "disingenuously",
          "disingenuously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋɡwɪʃ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "lëngoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻaṙamel",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "թառամել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻulanal",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "թուլանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tkaranal",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "տկարանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hyucvel",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "հյուծվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otslabvam",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "отслабвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otmaljavam",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "отмалявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "decaure"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiáocuì",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "憔悴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "zeslábnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "trættes"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "verzwakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "verslappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "riutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "nääntyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "dépérir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "se cachectiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "se rabougrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "devenir étique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "ermatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "erschlaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "siechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "gyengül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "lankad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "bágyad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "ernyed"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "pilled"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "erőtlenedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "sorvad (all: prefixed with el- when referring to the result, not the process)",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "langorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "intristire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "languire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんきがなくなる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genki ga nakunaru",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "元気がなくなる"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "marcesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óslabi",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "о́слаби"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "tārure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "dwīnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ranjur šodan",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "رنجور شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "marnieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "definhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čáxnutʹ",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ча́хнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvjadátʹ",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "увяда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slabétʹ",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "слабе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "atrofiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "marchitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "decaer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "försmäkta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "tyna bort"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "word": "gevşemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skníty",
      "sense": "to lose strength and become weak",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скні́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tanǰvel",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "տանջվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻaxcel",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "թախծել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "užicʻ ənknel",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "ուժից ընկնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "užaspaṙ linel",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "ուժասպառ լինել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čezna",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "чезна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "llanguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "smachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "verlangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "velki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "riutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "räytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "languir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "se mourir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "schmachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "sehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "sich verzehren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "marazóno",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "μαραζώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "eped"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "epekedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "sóvárog"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vénee",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "ве́нее"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ízbledi",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "и́збледи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "hiangongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-hâl šodan",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "بیحال شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dar hasrat suxtan",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "در حسرت سوختن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "tęsknić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "toskovátʹ",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тоскова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iznyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изныва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "languidecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pine away with longing",
      "word": "durgunlaşmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "živořit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "kwijnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "wegkwijnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "kitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "riutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "virua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "traîner une misérable éxistence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "vivoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "dahinsiechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "schmachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "senyved"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "sínylődik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "vivachiare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みじめにくらす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mijime ni kurasu",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "惨めに暮らす"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zelle šodan",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "ذله شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dogorywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pokutować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tomítʹsja",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "томи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prozjabátʹ",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прозяба́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vlačítʹ žálkoje suščestvovánije",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "влачи́ть жа́лкое существова́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "sufrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "desperecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "ir tirando"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "malvivir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "word": "sürünmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skníty",
      "sense": "to live in miserable conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скні́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "stagneren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "roikkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "péricliter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "décliner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "stagner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "piétiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "marquer le pas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "patauger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of a living being",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "tesped"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "kókadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "darvadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "hervadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "sorvadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "stagnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "segnare il passo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sard šodan",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "سرد شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mağful mândan",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "مغفول ماندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wlec się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjanútʹsja",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тяну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "periclitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "debilitarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "estancarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "atascarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "word": "enredarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skníty",
      "sense": "to be neglected, to make little progress",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скні́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "languish"
}

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