Languishing
['læŋɡwɪʃɪŋ] or ['læŋgwɪʃɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Languish
(a.) Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
(a.) Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
Checker: Sylvia
Examples
- Those languishing years would follow of which none but the invalid and her immediate friends feel the heart-sickness and know the burden. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In spite of their best efforts, however, the dinner was a languishing affair. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I do so like to watch them turn red and pale, and scowl and dart fiery glances at each other, and languishing ones at me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Sylvia