LANGUISH

(verb) become feeble
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
synonyms : fade
Babu continues to languish in jail -added by vindos
(verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
"After her husband died, she just pined away"
synonyms : pine away , waste
(verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present
"She ached for a cigarette", "I am pining for my lover"
synonyms : ache , pine , yearn , yen

Mnemonics for languish

(Tag: ) lang(LAckiNG)a uish(wish)..think of a person who is lacking a wish to do something, and such kind of a person automatically loses his strength.
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(Tag: ) sounds like EXTINGUISH-wen a person losing strength aur virality or become exhausted then we say that he is extinghuishing
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(Tag: ) The word has the same root as "lax" which means negligent and careless. A person is negligent ang careless only when he is weak and lacks the strength to do the work energetically which is the meaning of languish.
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(Tag: ) you languish when you are in anguish.
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(Tag: ) Languish when Anguish(severe/ acute pain)...
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(Tag: ) you languish when you are in anguish.
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