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languishing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of languishing

lacking bodily energy or motivation
  • his lingering sickness left him languishing and uninterested in his usual activities
Synonyms of languishing

enervated, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless
Words Related to languishing

indolent, lazy, slothful

dull, lethargic, logy (also loggy), sleepy, sluggish, torpid

exhausted, knackered [British], tired, weary

feeble, frail, weak

apathetic, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid

careless, heedless, thoughtless, unwary

inactive, inert
Near Antonyms of languishing

active, dynamic, industrious, kinetic

avid, eager, enthusiastic, keen, lively, pumped, vivacious

cheerful, chipper, perky, up

agog, alert, awake, dapper, open-eyed, sleepless, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake
Antonyms of languishing

ambitious, animated, energetic, enterprising, motivated

languishing

verb , present participle of languish

Synonyms and Antonyms of languishing

to lose bodily strength or vigor
  • older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave
Synonyms of languishing

decaying, drooping, emaciating, fading, failing, flagging, going, lagging, sagging, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering
Words Related to languishing

breaking down, wearing out

yielding

degenerating, deteriorating, rotting, running down
Near Antonyms of languishing

convalescing, rallying, rebounding, recovering, recuperating

gaining

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