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    languishing
    /ˈlaNGɡwiSHiNG/

    adjective

    • 1. failing to make progress or be successful: "the country's languishing stock market"

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  2. Aug 31, 2022 · "Languishing" describes low mental well-being in the absence of a diagnosable mental health condition. It can be hard to identify. But experts say that languishing could be a risk factor for mental health conditions like major depression later in life.

  3. Oct 24, 2023 · Languishing is not a mental health diagnosis, but it is a real and valid emotion that may affect how you feel and function in the world. Here are the signs and how to cope.

  4. to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered. He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years. The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls. Compare. pine verb.

  5. May 9, 2022 · Languishing is an absence of mental health, a state where you may feel flat and disengaged. Learn the signs and how it differs from depression.

  6. Aug 31, 2022 · Basically, it's a lack of positive mental well-being without a diagnosable mental illness or a major depressive episode, for instance. With the rise of mental health challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the term is receiving a resurgence of attention.

  7. Languishing definition: becoming languid, in any way.. See examples of LANGUISHING used in a sentence.

  8. Sep 29, 2021 · Sociologist Corey Keyes coined languishing as the opposite of flourishing. Symptoms of languishing include burnout, no motivation, and numbness. Languishing is not a mental illness but can be helped by attending therapy, along with other coping techniques.

  9. Jul 27, 2024 · Languishing describes the absence of mental wellbeing rather than the presence of ill-being (Keyes, 2002). Individuals experiencing languishing are not flourishing; they do not realize their full emotional, psychological, or social potential.

  10. verb [ I ] uk / ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ / us / ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ /. to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered. He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.

  11. Dec 1, 2021 · Languishing can be described as having a lack of direction, a sense of apathy and stagnation, and a deep knowledge that you are not operating at your full capacity.