Languid vs. Languish — What's the Difference?

Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; listless

To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor

Slow-moving or weak in force

To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions

Showing little or no vitality or animation

To remain unattended or be neglected

Characterized by or conducive to indolence or inactivity

To become downcast or pine away in longing

Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.

Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried.

(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.

Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.

(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.

Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.

(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.

Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting.

To make weak; to weaken, devastate.

Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful.

To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak.

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.

Synonym of languet

To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.

Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

To be neglected and unattended to; as, the proposal languished on the director's desk for months.

Slow in progress; tardy.

To cause to droop or pine.

Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.

See Languishment.

Lacking spirit or liveliness;

Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

Become feeble;