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Definitions: LANGUISHMENT |
LANGUISHMENTNoun1. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness. 2. The state of languishing. |
Date "LANGUISHMENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lamentation | Plaintiveness; Adjective: languishment; condolence. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: LANGUISHMENT |
| English words defined with "LANGUISHMENT": Dyingness ♦ Languishness. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "LANGUISHMENT": Dyingness. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "LANGUISHMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فتور (coldness, coolness, frigidity, letdown, lethargy, sluggishness, tepidity, torpidity, torpor), وهن (asthenia, attenuate, attenuation, damp, dampen, debilitate, debility, decay, discouragement, distemper, droop, enervate, enfeeble, extenuate, feebleness, imitators, infirmity, invalidate, languish, languor, pall, relax, sap, shrivel, sickliness, thin, weak spot, weaken, weaklings), تعب (failure, fatigue, go flat out, grow tired, languor, lassitude, pan, punish, stress, take trouble, tell on, tire, tiredness, toil, try, tucker, weariness, weary), إشتياق (solicitude, yearning, yen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | langueur (languidness, languor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Trägheit (idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertial, inertness, lag, languidness, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, phlegm, shiftlessness, sloth, sluggishness, smearing, supineness, torpidity, torpor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עיפות (fatigue, languor, lassitude, tiredness, weariness), חולש" (debility, distemper, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languor, laxation, weakness), חוסר מרץ (languor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | epekedés (craving, languor, pining, yearning), bánkódás (repining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shymlid (decline, languor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anguishmentlay lâncezealã (apathy, atony, dullness, flatness, lassitude, torpor, weakness). (various references) languidez (languor, listlessness, market, market dullness, market flatness, market slackness, market sluggishness), cansancio (fatigue, tiredness, weariness), apatía (apathy, disinterest, inertia). (various references) sự tiều tuỵ sự uể oải, sự ốm mòn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LANGUISHMENT": languishments. (additional references) | |
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"LANGUISHMENT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: languishiment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "LANGUISHMENT" (pronounced 'Lan"guish*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Ambushment, Amendment, Amercement, Amerciament, Amortizement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Antepredicament, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Apportionment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Appropriament, Arbitrament, Armament, Arraignment, Arrestment, Arrondissement, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astonishment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attemperament, Attemperment, Attendement, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avertiment, Avisement, Avouchment, Awakenment, Babblement, Bafflement, Bailment, Balancement, Banishment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Battlement, Bedevilment, Bedizenment, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Betterment, Bevelment, Bewailment, Bewilderment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bickerment, Biliment, Bisegment, Blandishment, Blastment, Blazonment, Blemishment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bouleversement, Brabblement, Branglement, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Cantonment, Capillament, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chastisement, Chatoyment, Cherishment, Cloyment, Coadjument, Coadjustment, Coagment, Coestablishment, Colliquament, Comfortment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Concrement, Condiment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contenement, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Couplement, Crassiment, Curtailment, Dazzlement, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Decipherment, Declarement, Decorament, Decorement, Decrement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degarnishment, Degradement, Delayment, Delineament, Delirament, Demolishment, Denotement, D'enouement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Depriment, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, development, Devilment, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Diminishment, Dimplement, Diriment, Disablement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarmament, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disaugment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Discouragement, Discoverment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disembarrassment, Disembodiment, Disemboguement, Disembowelment, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disencouragement, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disentanglement, Disenthrallment, Disestablishment, Disfigurement, Disfranchisement, Disfurnishment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disheartenment, Disillusionment, Disimprovement, Disinteressment, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Dismemberment, Disobligement, Disownment, Disparagement, Dispatchment, Dispiritment, Disportment, Disposement, Disquietment, Dissepiment, Dissettlement, Disseverment, Distemperment, Distillment, Distinguishment, Divergement, Divertisement, Divertissement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Dreariment, Dwindlement, Easement, Eclaircissement, 'Ecrasement, Effacement, Eggement, Ejectment, Eliquament, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embarrassment, Embasement, Embattlement, Embayment, Embedment, Embellishment, Embezzlement, Embitterment, Emblazonment, Emblement, Embodiment, Emboitement, Embossment, Embowelment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Emolument, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Empoisonment, Empressement, Enablement, Enactment, Enamorment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encomberment, Encompassment, Encouragement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encumberment, Encystment, Endamagement, Endangerment, Endearment, Endeavorment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeeblement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Enfranchisement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: alignments, glutamines, signalment, unleashing, unmanliest. | |
-3 letters: alignment, antheming, athelings, emulating, enthusing, gantlines, glutamine, gunmetals, hanseling, hastening, haulmiest, lamenting, ligaments, mantlings, megaliths, naethings, signalmen, sleuthing, umangites, unhelming, unlashing, unmeshing, unmingles, unsealing, unseaming, unseating, untangles. | |
-4 letters: ailments, aliments, alumines, alunites, annulets, antigens, atheling, augments, eanlings, gahnites, gantline, gelatins, genitals, gentians, guanines, gunmetal, gunsmith, hangnest, haunting, healings, hematins, humanest, humanise, humanist, huntings, huntsman, huntsmen, hustling, inhumane, insulant, insulate, languets, languish, latening, lathings, leanings, leashing, legumins, ligament, lightens, linesman, mangiest, manhunts, manliest, mannites, mantling, meanings, megahits, megalith, melanins, melanist, metaling, mintages, misagent, multiage, muntings, mutagens, naething, nestling, nilghaus, saluting, sanguine, sauteing, sennight, shantung, shauling, shealing, shunting, simulant, simulate, slanting, smaltine, smelting, stealing, steaming, sunlight, tegminal, tegumina, tunnages, umangite, ungenial, unhinges, unitages, unmingle, unsilent, untangle. | |
-5 letters: aiglets, ailment, alights, aliment, alumine, alumins, alunite, amulets, amusing, aneling, angelus, anguine, anguish, annulet, anteing, anthems, antigen, antigun, antings, atheism, atingle, augites, augment, aunties, eanling, easting, eatings, elastin, elating, eluants, eluting, english, engluts, enigmas, ensuing, entails, etamins, gahnite, gamiest, gamines, gannets, gelants, gelatin, geminal, genital, gentian, gimlets, glisten, gluiest, glutens, guanine, guanins, guineas, gunites, gunnels, gunnies, haemins, halites, halitus, halting, hamlets, hangmen, hanting, hantles, hasting, hauling, healing, heating, heliast, heliums, helming, hematin, henting, hetmans, humates, hunting, inanest, ingates, ingesta, inhales, inhauls, inhuman, inhumes, inmates, inulase, lagunes, laments, langues, languet, lashing, lasting, lathing, leaning, leasing, legumin, lengths, lensing, lensman, ligates, lighten, linages, lineman, lingams, linguae, linnets, linsang, lungans, luniest, lunting, lushing, lusting, luteins, lutings, magnets, maligns, malines, malting, mangels, mangles, manhunt, manitus, mannish, mannite, mantels, mantles, mashing, masting, matings, mauling, meaning, megahit, melanin, melting, menials, mensing, meshing, meshuga, milages, mingles, mintage, minuets, minutes, mistune, muhlies, muletas, munting, muntins, mushing, mustang, musting, mutagen, mutines, nailset, naughts, nesting, nighest, nilgaus, nilghau, nutmegs, salient, saltine, salting, sealing, seaming, seating, seminal, shaming, sheitan, shingle, shuting, sigmate, singlet, sinuate, slainte, slating, sleight, staling, stanine, staning, stannum, stengah, sthenia, stigmal, tameins, tangles, tannish, teaming, teasing, tegmina, tenails, tensing, theming, thulias, tingles, tsunami, tunings, tunnage, tunnels, tunnies, tushing, ugliest, ultimas, unagile, unhangs, unhelms, unhinge, unitage, unleash, unmeant, unnails, unsight, unsling, utensil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: languishments. | |
+2 letters: hemagglutinins. | |
+5 letters: hemagglutinations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 4E 47 55 49 53 48 4D 45 4E 54 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -. --. ..- .. ... .... -- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01001110 01000111 01010101 01001001 01010011 01001000 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A N G U I S H M E N T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 004E 0047 0055 0049 0053 0048 004D 0045 004E 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)463548415543534247394854 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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