Languishes

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  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
  • Word Usage
    "“Free labor languishes and becomes degrading when put in competition with slave labor,” said a leading member of the party in 1860, “and idleness, poverty, and vice, among large classes of non-slaveholders take the place of industry and thrift and virtue.”"
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weaken    deteriorate    degenerate    drop    devolve   
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    faint    fade    wither    droop    pine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    anguish