languir
Meanings
Verb
1. to languish (intransitive)
2. to lie torpid (intransitive)
3. to flag, die down, slack off, be slack (intransitive)
4. to wither, weaken (intransitive)
5. to long, pine, or yearn (for) (reflexive, with de)
Examples10
Ne me fais pas languir !
Don't keep me on tenterhooks!
J'ai beaucoup langui de toi.
I longed for you deeply.
J'ai beaucoup langui de vous.
I longed for you deeply.
Elle languit de l'arrivée de son mari.
She longs for her husband to arrive.
Elle se languissait de l'entendre dire qu'il l'aimait.
She longed to hear him say that he loved her.
Je commence à me languir de ma petite amie.
I'm beginning to miss my girlfriend.