Definition of languished

"languished" in the verb sense

1. pine away, waste, languish

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

"After her husband died, she just pined away"

2. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish

have a desire for something or someone who is not present

"She ached for a cigarette"

"I am pining for my lover"

3. languish, fade

become feeble

"The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon"

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Quotations for languished

And soon
Their hushing dances languished to a stand,
Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon.
All on their drooping stems they sink unfanned. [ Hood ]

Of yore, they languished, they burned, they died for love; today, they chat about it, they make it, and, more often, they buy it. [ Jouy ]

languished in Scrabble®

The word languished is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters languished:

LANGUISHED
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (44 words)

aligned, anguish, dangles, dashing, dealign, dealing, denials, dualise, dueling, eluding, english, gaudies, genials, gnashed, guineas, guldens, halides, handles, hauling, heading, healing, hindleg, indulge, inhaled, inhales, inulase, ladings, languid, lashing, lauding, laughed, leading, leasing, ligands, sealing, shading, shingle, singled, slanged, snailed, sundial, unagile, unideal, unleash

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word languished

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In languished

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languished in Words With Friends™

The word languished is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters languished:

LANGUISHED
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (44 words)

aligned, anguish, dangles, dashing, dealign, dealing, denials, dualise, dueling, eluding, english, gaudies, genials, gnashed, guineas, guldens, halides, handles, hauling, heading, healing, hindleg, indulge, inhaled, inhales, inulase, ladings, languid, lashing, lauding, laughed, leading, leasing, ligands, sealing, shading, shingle, singled, slanged, snailed, sundial, unagile, unideal, unleash

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word languished

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In languished

LANGUISHED
(234)
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(216)
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(144)
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(120)
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