languish
/ˈlaŋɡwɪʃ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈlaŋɡwɪʃ/
languish
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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lan - guish -> languish
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ အားအင်လျော့လာသည်။ တိုးတက်မှုကျဆင်းသည်။ တန့်နေသည်။ အီနေသည်။
Tory support in the country languished steadily between general elections. ❍ languish in 12th place ❍ Share prices languished at 102p. ❍ The economy is languishing.
၂။ ~ (in sth) တစ်နေရာရာတွင် ချောင်ထိုးထားခံရသည်။ ဆင်းရဲဒုက္ခခံနေရသည်။ နုံးခွေနေသည်။ languishing in a foreign jail / in bed.
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pine, pine away, fade away, get weaker, suffer, rot, decay, ail, be disregarded, be neglected, brood, conk out, decline, desire, despond, deteriorate, die on vine, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fade, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fizzle out, flag, go soft, go to pieces, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, listless, long, long for, repine, sicken, sigh, sink, snivel, sorrow, teeter, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn
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