languishing

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languishing

adjective

Lacking of vigor or spirit.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of languish

noun languishings

The act of one who languishes. Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!

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@misc{languishing_2026,
  title = {languishing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/languishing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}