What (who) is Languish - definition
PLAY BY RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
Lydia Languish; Sir Anthony Absolute; The Rivals (play)
![''Bob Acres and His Servant'', illustration by [[Edwin Austin Abbey]], c. 1895](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin Austin Abbey - Bob Acres and His Servant.jpg?width=200 "''Bob Acres and His Servant'', illustration by [[Edwin Austin Abbey]], c. 1895")
![[[Elsie Leslie]] as Lydia Languish in ''The Rivals,'' 1899. Photograph by [[Zaida Ben-Yusuf]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elsie Leslie (1899) by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.jpg?width=200 "[[Elsie Leslie]] as Lydia Languish in ''The Rivals,'' 1899. Photograph by [[Zaida Ben-Yusuf]].")
![[[James Garner]] as ''Maverick''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James Garner Bret Maverick.JPG?width=200 "[[James Garner]] as ''Maverick''")
![[[Roger Moore]] in ''Maverick''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger Moore Beau Maverick 1960.JPG?width=200 "[[Roger Moore]] in ''Maverick''")
languish
v. n.
1.
Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline, fail, become feeble, pine away, waste away.
2.
Look tender, have the air of a lover.
languish
(languishes, languishing, languished)
1.
If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.
Pollard continues to languish in prison...
VERB: V prep/adv
2.
If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.
Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished...
VERB: V
languish
v. (D; intr.) (to languish in prison)
Wikipedia
The Rivals
The Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated frequently, including a 1935 musical and a 1958 episode of the TV series Maverick (see below) starring James Garner and Roger Moore, with attribution.
Pronunciation examples for Languish
1. where people languish
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2. And the stock continued to languish
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3. and a person who doesn't languishes
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4. But leave him to languish in this muddy field,
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5. and languishes in the presence of the negative,
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Examples of use of Languish
1. Then they languish, used more out of guilt than necessity.
2. These numbers already languish below those of President Bush.
3. But cases often languish for years, sometimes decades.
4. They languish in a cultural and political shadow.
5. Meanwhile, the lowest–performing students, the "hopeless cases," languish.