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languishment

/lang-gwish-muhnt/US // ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ mənt //

慵懒,煎熬,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : the act or state of languishing.
    • : a languishing expression.

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Examples

  • Sophia's beauty, which derived piquancy from a certain Oriental languishment of manner, was every where the theme of admiration.

  • In whom can hardness of heart, sloth, rancour, languishment stand before that name?

  • Without health life is only a languishment and an image of death.

  • There is more in disease than the mere pang and languishment.

  • He seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied desire.