languish
Kelime Anlamı :
1. cansızlaşmak.
2. dert etmek.
3. gevşemek.
4. durgunlaşmak.
5. languish in prison hapishanede çürümek.
6. isteksiz olmak.
7. üzülmek.
8. durgun olmak.
9. çürümek.
10. sürünmek.
Tanımlar :
1.
to be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor.
2. to exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.
3. to remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.
4. to become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.
5. to affect a wistful or languid air, especially in order to gain sympathy.
2. to exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.
3. to remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.
4. to become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.
5. to affect a wistful or languid air, especially in order to gain sympathy.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
see languishment.
2. to become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.
3. to assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
4. to be neglected and unattended to.
5. to cause to droop or pine.
2. to become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.
3. to assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
4. to be neglected and unattended to.
5. to cause to droop or pine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to become weak or spiritless; become listless or sad; lose strength or animation; pine: as, to languish in solitude.
2. to droop, wither, or fade, as a plant, from heat, drought, neglect, or other unfavorable conditions.
3. to grow feeble or dull; lose activity and vigor; dwindle; fall off: as, the war languished for lack of supplies; manufactures languished.
4. to act languidly; present or assume a languid appearance or expression, especially as an indication of tender or enervating emotion.
5.
6. to cause to droop or fail.
2. to droop, wither, or fade, as a plant, from heat, drought, neglect, or other unfavorable conditions.
3. to grow feeble or dull; lose activity and vigor; dwindle; fall off: as, the war languished for lack of supplies; manufactures languished.
4. to act languidly; present or assume a languid appearance or expression, especially as an indication of tender or enervating emotion.
5.
6. to cause to droop or fail.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia