languish or luxuriate

To languish is to wilt, pine away, become feeble. It always indicates an undesirable state. If you’re looking for a nice long soak in the tub, what you want is not to languish in the bath but to luxuriate in it.The word “languid” (drooping, listless) often occurs in contexts that might lead people to think of relaxation. Even more confusing, the related word “languorous” does describe dreamy self-indulgent relaxation. No wonder people mistakenly think they want to “languish” in the bath.

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Definitions

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• v  lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
• v  have a desire for something or someone who is not present
• v  become feeble
  The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon

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• v  become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
• v  enjoy to excess
• v  thrive profusely or flourish extensively

News & Articles

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• All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand
  Electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Honda Fit EV used to languish on dealership lots for months. A pricing war with aggressive incentives and cheap lease deals has changed all that. Last year, Nissan sold about half the number of Leafs it had anticipated, marking two years in a row of disappointing sales for the electric car pioneer. One of the factors holding the Leaf back from appealing ...
  June 18, 2013 - It's Your Money
• Lawsuits over government surveillance languish
  Lawsuits over government surveillance languish Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:15 am, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Before there was Edward Snowden and the leak of explosive documents showing widespread government surveillance, there was Mark Klein — a ...
  June 15, 2013 - seattlepi.com
• Gov. signs bill speeding up capital punishment
  Florida is speeding up how quickly it carries out the death penalty.   Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed into law a measure designed to accelerate the state's capital punishment process. That process has been criticized for allowing some condemned inmates to languish for decades on death row.   The "Timely Justice Act of 2013" creates tighter timeframes for appeals, post-conviction motions and ...
  June 14, 2013 - WFTV 9 Orlando

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• 'Thérèse': The dour bourgeois life of 1920s France
  Thérèse begins with a scene of pure, unalloyed joy: Two teenage girls luxuriate in the summer sun. Best friends and neighbors, Thérèse and Anne belong to two wealthy families who own large tracts of pine-forested land in the Landes region of southwest France.
  Sept. 6, 2013 - Philly.com