Word

languish, v.
(languished, languishes, languishing)
freq. cnt. 1

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

languish pine away waste

sample sentences

"After her husband died, she just pined away"

verb frames

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Somebody ----s

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

languisher

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derivationally related form

wastage

semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken

become feeble
<verb.body>

fade languish

sample sentences

"The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

languisher

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derivationally related form

fading

semantic pointers

hypernym

deteriorate, devolve, drop, degenerate

have a desire for something or someone who is not present
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

ache languish pine yearn yen

sample sentences

"She ached for a cigarette"
"I am pining for my lover"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

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Somebody ----s PP

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Somebody ----s PP

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Somebody ----s PP

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Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

yearning yearner

lexical pointers

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yen

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derivationally related form

pining

semantic pointers

hyponym

die

hypernym

long, yearn, hanker