Languish
SEE: Languishimentverb — past tense: languished ; past participle: languished ; present participle: languishing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to become weak, to droop, to lose health or strength, to pass through a period of discomfort and unhappiness, to pine (for), to long) languish in the sun ស្រពាប់ស្រពោន, ល្ហិតល្ហៃ
Example: The conversation languished, The flowers languished in the summer season, to languish in prison; to languish in poverty, The immigrants languished for their native land.languish in prison រ៉ាំរ៉ៃ, (His power) languished អន់ថយ, ទន់ខ្សោយ
Example: Since the war the industry has gradually languished.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: languished ; past participle: languished ; present participle: languishing ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To cause to droop or pine.
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- decline, desire, deteriorate, droop, dwindle, fade, fail, flag, pine, shrink shrivel, sink, waste, weaken, wilt, wither
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- refresh, rejuvenate, renew, revise