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Meanings of languish in inglês

catalão
consumir-se
espanhol
doler

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.

        consumir-se
        português
        enlanguescer
        catalão
        llanguir

        Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief.

              enlanguescer
              português
              enlanguescer
              catalão
              llanguir

              Become feeble.

                    enlanguescer
                    Usage of languish in inglês
                    1
                    This team already languish 11 points behind City in the Premier League.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    The woman made her objections clear as the bird continued to languish.
                    Radio NZ
                    3
                    They found one in the little room where the architects' drawings languish.
                    The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
                    4
                    She said she was not going to repine and languish in sorrow.
                    A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
                    5
                    Until this idol is cast out the church will and must languish.
                    Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
                    6
                    Thailand's NOK Air and Air Asia fleets also languish on two-star status.
                    The South African
                    7
                    The talk, having reached the zone of arid compliment, tended to languish.
                    Bertram Cope's Year
                    8
                    They languish at seventh on the table with a seven-win, nine-loss record.
                    Radio NZ
                    9
                    This caused the flow of reminiscences to languish, and presently to cease.
                    The Heavenly Twins
                    10
                    Ironic when my neighbors on this floor begin to prosper I languish.
                    A singular man
                    11
                    Shall believers languish and perish in the hands of swine without faith?
                    Mr. Isaacs, A Tale of Modern India
                    12
                    Morton sit fifth in the standings while Dunfermline now languish in ninth.
                    BBC
                    13
                    No one has yet been hanged, but those convicted languish in prison.
                    Reuters
                    14
                    Is my daughter going to languish and fade, as my wife faded?
                    The Lovels of Arden
                    15
                    It found that hundreds of people continue to languish in inappropriate Victorian institutions.
                    The Irish Times
                    16
                    Some premiums have reached record highs this year, even as benchmark prices languish.
                    Reuters
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                    Translations for languish
                    espanhol
                    doler
                    português
                    enlanguescer
                    Languish through the time
                    Languish across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common