languishing
Definitions
Verb
- Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- Become feeble
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "languishing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eliminating | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | illuminating | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | illustrating | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | laminating | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | blacklisting | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | chlorinating | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | lambasting | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | landfilling | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | leapfrogging | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | legalizing | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | levitating | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | life-affirming | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | life-changing | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | litigating | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | pluralizing | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "languishing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laughing | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | anguish | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | slashing | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | vanishing | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | relinquishing | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | lashing | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | lavishing | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | banishing | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | nourishing | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | languished | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | lashings | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | anguishing | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | languish | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lansing | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | gushing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | tarnishing | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | languishes | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | extinguishing | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | plaguing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | klausing | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "languishing" in a sentence.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "languishing".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 15
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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