Sunday, March 2, 2014

LANGUISH

WORD: LANGUISH

MEANING:
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.


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
2. The value of gold is languishing.


PRONOUNCE:
lan·guish - लैंगग्विश

LINK: LANGUISH

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