Vocabulary
Languish
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak.
Urdu meaning
مردہ دل ہونا، تڑپنا، ترسنا،کمزور ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Fisheries, with untapped export potential, languish in neglect.
- But when corporate farming is presented as the solution, while forestry, fisheries and nutrition languish, it betrays skewed priorities.
- Most of them are in prisons in the Middle East, whereas 85 languish in Afghanistan`s jails.
- Two years later, whenthose who have been able to escape have escaped and those who are never to be forgiven languish in jail, it is hard to understand why the judgements have come now.
- There is concern that if it was abandoned, or the cases allowed to languish, then it may send the message that it was a day used simply for political purposes and then forgotten.
Synonyms
weaken,decline, grow weak, deteriorate, wither,waste away; go into a decline
Antonyms
thrive, flourish
Curator example
“plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant”
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