Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to languish
Participle: languished
Gerund: languishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | languish |
| you | languish |
| he;she;it | languishes |
| we | languish |
| you | languish |
| they | languish |
Perfect
| I | have languished |
| you | have languished |
| he;she;it | has languished |
| we | have languished |
| you | have languished |
| they | have languished |
Past
| I | languished |
| you | languished |
| he;she;it | languished |
| we | languished |
| you | languished |
| they | languished |
Pluperfect
| I | had languished |
| you | had languished |
| he;she;it | had languished |
| we | had languished |
| you | had languished |
| they | had languished |
Future
| I | will languish |
| you | will languish |
| he;she;it | will languish |
| we | will languish |
| you | will languish |
| they | will languish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have languished |
| you | will have languished |
| he;she;it | will have languished |
| we | will have languished |
| you | will have languished |
| they | will have languished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | languish |
| you | languish |
| he;she;it | languish |
| we | languish |
| you | languish |
| they | languish |
Perfect
| I | have languished |
| you | have languished |
| he;she;it | have languished |
| we | have languished |
| you | have languished |
| they | have languished |
Imperfect
| I | languished |
| you | languished |
| he;she;it | languished |
| we | languished |
| you | languished |
| they | languished |
Pluperfect
| I | had languished |
| you | had languished |
| he;she;it | had languished |
| we | had languished |
| you | had languished |
| they | had languished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would languish |
| you | would languish |
| he;she;it | would languish |
| we | would languish |
| you | would languish |
| they | would languish |
Perfect
| I | would have languished |
| you | would have languished |
| he;she;it | would have languished |
| we | would have languished |
| you | would have languished |
| they | would have languished |
Imperative
| you | languish |
| we | Let's languish |
| you | languish |
Verbs conjugated like 'languish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'languish'
anguish,
vanquish,
aguise,
bandish,
banish,
blandish,
english,
English,
labrish,
language,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”).
2. : Compare languor, languid and lax.
3. : Cognate with slack. See: Latin '
langueo'.
Sample Sentences
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We […] do languish of such diseases. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Esdras 8:31:]
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He languished without his girlfriend.
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He languished in prison for years.
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An elderly Hungarian found languishing in a Russian mental hospital could finally be allowed to return home - 55 years after being taken prisoner by the Russian Army. [2000 August 2, “Hungarian POW to go home after 55 years”, in BBC News:]
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The case languished for years before coming to trial.
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He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an "exactly so," as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal. [1815, Jane Austen, Emma:]
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His bowstring slackened, languid Love, / Leaning his cheek upon his hand, / Droops both his wings, regarding thee, / And so would languish evermore, / Serene, imperial Eleänore. [a. 1833, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Eleänore”, in Poems, page 31:]