Synonyms of languishes

languishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of languish

as in fades

to lose bodily strength or vigor

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fades
• weakens
• sags
• goes
• fails
• sinks
• droops
• lags
• decays
• deteriorates
• wilts
• withers
• wastes (away)
• flags
• rots
• emaciates
• wears out
• yields
• breaks down
• degenerates
• runs down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovers
• recuperates
• rebounds
• rallies
• convalesces
• gains

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of languishes

Trump will host crypto executives at the White House on Wednesday as that measure, which would enshrine the current SEC’s approach, languishes in the Senate. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Wait on Weed Control High heat causes many types of weeds to flourish while turf grass languishes. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026

As its stock languishes below its IPO price — at press time, $131 — short sellers are going all in against the company, hoping to make a killing off of CEO Elon Musk’s faltering pull on investors. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026

Mars languishes low in morning twilight for the fifth month in a row. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 May 2026

In the second, supply balloons while demand languishes, which could happen if, for example, the AI bubble pops. — Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026

No such luck with Imperfect Women, which languishes in the same genre space but is perfectly obvious in comparison, a series that solves its mystery halfway through the season but still keeps going. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026

Manu has found a home, but in the human world her mother languishes in a detention facility and her father, the head of a criminal enterprise, is known among her friends as a rebel who has disappeared and is assumed dead. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026

Those that finish from first to eighth in the league phase will automatically go through, and while Barca currently languishes in 15th, a win could take them up into the threshold depending on how other results pan out. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026