Synonyms of languished

languished

verb

past tense of languish

as in faded

to lose bodily strength or vigor

older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faded
• weakened
• sagged
• went
• sank
• sunk
• failed
• lagged
• withered
• decayed
• drooped
• flagged
• wasted (away)
• wilted
• emaciated
• deteriorated
• yielded
• rotted
• degenerated
• broke down
• wore out
• ran down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• rallied
• rebounded
• recuperated
• gained
• convalesced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of languished

While lawyers for the state agency that oversees the medical board collected records from the hospital under subpoena, including medical reviews that criticized Weiner’s care, that inquiry languished at the staff level, according to one current and one former board member. —J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2025

What if the backups languished on private hard drives? —Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025

As the years rolled by, the project languished. —Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025

Recent bills that would make daylight saving time the national year-round standard have languished in committee after being introduced in January. —Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025

Millennial finances languished for years. —Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

Police were first alerted to the accusations against Shores in 2011, but the case apparently languished for more than three years, until October 2016, after The Star reported on the Crimes Against Children unit’s failures. —Ian Cummings, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025

Many films have languished in undue obscurity because of obtuse reviews when they were first screened. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025

Sierra uprising For decades, Sierra College languished in the shadows of larger, more prominent junior college athletic programs in the greater Sacramento region, including American River College and Sacramento City College. —Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025