English-Thai Dictionary

languish

VI อ่อนแรง  อ่อนกำลัง  droop on-rang

 

languish for

PHRV อ่อนแรง กับ  ไม่ สนใจไยดี กับ  เหนื่อยอ่อน กับ  languish over pine for pine over on-rang-kab

 

languish in

PHRV อ่อนแรง  ไม่มีแรง  เหนื่อยอ่อน  อิดโรย  on-rang

 

languish of

PHRV ทุกข์ทรมาน กับ (คำ เก่า  ป่วย ด้วย (โรค  อาการ บาดเจ็บ ฯลฯ  tuk-tor-ra-man

 

languish over

PHRV อ่อนแรง กับ  ไม่ สนใจไยดี กับ  เหนื่อยอ่อน กับ  languish for pine for pine over on-rang-kab

 

languishing

ADJ อ่อนกำลัง  อ่อนเพลีย  drooping on-kam-rang

 

languishingly

ADV อย่าง อ่อนเพลีย แรง  อย่าง หดหู่ เศร้าหมอง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LANGUISH

v.i.[L. langueo, lachinisso; Gr. to flag, to lag. L. laxo, laxus, flacceo.] 1. To lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine; to be or to grow heavy. We languish under disease or after excessive exertion.
She that hath borne seven languisheth. Jeremiah 15:9.
2. To wither; to fade; to lose the vegetating power.
For the fields of Heshbon languisheth. Isaiah 16:8.
3. To grow dull; to be no longer active and vigorous. The war languished for want of supplies. Commerce, agriculture, manufactures languish, not for want of money, but for want of good markets.
4. To pine or sink under sorrow or any continued passion; as, a woman languishes for the loss of her lover.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish. Hosea 4:3.
5. To look with softness or tenderness, as with the head reclined and a peculiar cast of the eye.

 

LANGUISH

v.t.To cause to droop or pine. [Little used. ]

 

LANGUISH

n.Act of pining; also, a soft and tender look or appearance. And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye.

 

LANGUISHER

n.One who languishes or pines.

 

LANGUISHING

ppr. 1. Becoming or being feeble; losing strength; pining; withering; fading.
2. a. Having a languid appearance; as a languishing eye.

 

LANGUISHINGLY

adv. 1. Weakly; feebly; dully; slowly.
2. With tender softness.

 

LANGUISHMENT

n. 1. The state of pining.
2. Softness of look or mien, with the head reclined.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LANGUISH

Lan "guish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished; p. pr. & vb. n.Languishing. ] Etym: [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack. See -ish. ]

 

1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We. .. do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8.

 

2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. Tennyson.

 

Syn. -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.

 

LANGUISH

LANGUISH Lan "guish, v. i.

 

Defn: To cause to dr [Obs. ] Shak. Dryden.

 

LANGUISH

LANGUISH Lan "guish, n.

 

Defn: See Languishiment. [Obs. or Poetic ] What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish Shak. And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope.

 

LANGUISHER

LANGUISHER Lan "guish *er, n.

 

Defn: One who languishes.

 

LANGUISHING

LANGUISHING Lan "guish *ing, a.

 

1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

 

2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

 

LANGUISHINGLY

LANGUISHINGLY Lan "guish *ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a languishing manner.

 

LANGUISHMENT

LANGUISHMENT Lan "guish *ment, n.

 

1. The state of languishing. " Lingering languishment. " Shak.

 

2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

 

LANGUISHNESS

LANGUISHNESS Lan "guish *ness, n.

 

Defn: Languishment. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

languish

lan guish |ˈlaNGgwiSH ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of a person or other living thing ) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble: plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant. • fail to make progress or be successful: foreign stocks are still languishing. • archaic pine with love or grief: she still languished after Richard. • archaic assume or display a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone: when a visitor comes in, she smiles and languishes. 2 suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation: he has been languishing in jail since 1974. DERIVATIVES lan guish er noun, lan guish ing ly adverb, lan guish ment noun ( archaic )ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘become faint, feeble, or ill ’): from Old French languiss-, lengthened stem of languir ‘languish, ’ from a variant of Latin languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

languish

lan |guish |ˈlaŋgwɪʃ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of a person, animal, or plant ) lose or lack vitality; grow weak: plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant. • fail to make progress or be successful: Kelso languish near the bottom of the Scottish First Division | (as adj. languishing ) : the country's languishing stock market. • archaic pine with love or grief: she still languished after Richard. • archaic assume a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone. 2 be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation: he has been languishing in jail since 1974. DERIVATIVES languisher noun, languishingly adverb, languishment noun ( archaic )ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘become faint, feeble, or ill ’): from Old French languiss-, lengthened stem of languir ‘languish ’, from a variant of Latin languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

languish

languish verb 1 the plants languished and died: weaken, deteriorate, decline; wither, droop, wilt, fade, waste away; informal go downhill. ANTONYMS thrive, flourish. 2 the general is now languishing in prison: waste away, rot, be abandoned, be neglected, be forgotten, suffer, experience hardship.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

languish

languish verb 1 the plants languished and died: weaken, grow weak, deteriorate, decline, go into a decline; wither, droop, flag, wilt, fade, fail, waste away; informal go downhill. ANTONYMS thrive, flourish. 2 the general is now languishing in prison: waste away, rot, decay, wither away, moulder, be abandoned, be neglected, be forgotten, suffer; be disregarded, experience hardship. 3 archaic she still languished after Richard. See pine (sense 2 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

languish

lan guish /lǽŋɡwɪʃ /動詞 ～es /-ɪz /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人が 〉【場所に 】(長期間 )やむなくいる , 閉じ込められる «in » ; «…に » 苦しむ «in , under , over » ▸ languish in prison 刑務所暮らしを強いられる 2 〈活動などが 〉停滞する ; 〈人が 〉弱る , 衰える ; 〈植物などが 〉しおれる .3 ｟文 ｠恋い焦がれる .4 〈物が 〉【棚などに 】置かれている «on » (!通例悪い状態を暗示 ) .5 ｟古 ｠切なそうな [物憂げな ]態度をとる [示す ].