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Verb
▲
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
flag
weaken
wilt
decline
fade
wither
droop
fail
deteriorate
decay
desire
emaciate
go
hunger
lag
long
pine
sag
sigh
sink
want
waste away
hanker
sicken
suspire
yearn
ail
brood
despond
diminish
dwindle
ebb
faint
grieve
grow weak
snivel
sorrow
teeter
tucker
waste
wither away
go downhill
conk out
fade away
fag out
fizzle out
go into a decline
go soft
knock out
pine away
die on vine
go to pieces
eat your heart out over
become debilitated
go into decline
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
come apart at the seams
come apart
fragment
revert
corrupt
bust
break apart
fall to bits
lose control
have a relapse
suffer a relapse
have a breakdown
take a turn for the worse
crack up
freak out
come apart at seams
flounder
go down
go from bad to worse
go pear-shaped
decompensate
go to seed
become dilapidated
run to seed
deprave
reduce
return
come to bits
freak
come to pieces
fall into disrepair
unravel
come undone
go wrong
get ill again
get worse again
fall ill
catch something
become ill
recidivate
slip back
be taken ill
be taken sick
slide back
fall back
drift back
be overtaken
turn back
go back to
yawn
splinter
shatter
get tired
become tired
lose one's strength
fracture
rupture
explode
separate
moldUS
disrupt
decompose
foul
rive
fester
dismember
go mad
shiver
disunite
blow up
turn
disband
deliquesce
dismantle
sever
disorganize
disperse
breakdown
divide
fly apart
taint
disconnect
compost
blow apart
split
detach
mouldUK
go out of mind
go bonkers
crack
become psychotic
go off deep end
have breakdown
schizz out
go nuts
become demented
go crazy
go off rocker
flip out
blow a fuse
derange
go belly-up
wash out
wash away
take apart
turn to dust
be smashed to smithereens
more ❯
“Get it right and no one notices; get it wrong and plants languish and die in boggy beds, huge puddles kill lawn, and in the worst case scenario you awake to the slap and gurgle of water in the basement.”
Verb
▲
Be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation
decay
molderUS
moulderUK
rot
suffer
be abandoned
waste away
wither away
be disregarded
be forgotten
be neglected
experience hardship
deteriorate
decline
degenerate
go downhill
become dilapidated
fall into decay
go to seed
go to pot
go down the toilet
go to the dogs
go to rack and ruin
break down
run to seed
crumble
devolve
worsen
descend
ebb
more ❯
“There is a paragraph in the appellant's submissions that refers to the unacceptability of simply allowing a person to languish in detention.”
Verb
▲
Pine with love or grief
desire
want
miss
mourn
repine
ache for
hanker after
long for
pine for
sigh for
yearn for
grieve for
carry a torch for
ache
pine
yearn
long
hunger
crave
thirst
sigh
hanker
dream
grieve over
rue
bemoan
itch
lament
lust
covet
regret
be miserable
be distressed
be in distress
bewail
be sorrowful
be mournful
be in anguish
be unhappy
weep and wail
be in pain
deplore
groan
shed tears
feel sad
be upset
cry a river
sing the blues
feel wretched
be wretched
go through the mill
be remorseful
express grief
despair
pity
feel
be disappointed
sympathizeUS
sympathiseUK
sympathize with
be despondent
be dejected
feel for
eat heart out
be heavy of heart
pain
feel pain
have a bad time
be wounded
be affected
be racked with pain
experience hardship
go through a lot
be racked
endure agony
endure
bear
hang crepe
eat one's heart out
exhale
sough
roar
whistle
howl
breathe
gasp
blow
whine
respire
wheeze
breathe out
heave a sigh
more ❯
“I have seen children all over the world languishing for love, and care, and giving.”
Verb
▲
To become weaker or of poorer quality
fail
dwindle
disappear
fade
wane
decrease
diminish
lessen
degenerate
deplete
deteriorate
fall
subside
vanish
drain
lower
dim
dissipate
wither
attenuate
decline
abate
decay
plummet
disperse
sink
gutter
recede
dissolve
drop
reduce
weaken
die away
go down
die out
go downhill
give out
wind down
become less
grow less
become weak
peter out
fizzle out
go away
fade away
grow dim
die down
tail off
drain away
wear off
drop off
waste away
fall away
ease
shrink
relent
remit
taper off
de-escalate
slacken
let up
pall
ratchet down
phase down
ease off
contract
slump
alleviate
plunge
relax
fall off
slow
drop away
grow smaller
nosedive
come to an end
collapse
depreciate
descend
temper
mitigate
soften
get smaller
desist
slip
crash
quell
subdue
quieten
get less
ease up
slacken off
terminate
blur
rachet down
become smaller
close
settle down
minify
slack
cool off
become lower
get lower
atrophy
crumble
disintegrate
give way
give in
go through the floor
abbreviate
hit the floor
extenuate
retrench
make smaller
be on the way out
lull
fall short
allay
assuage
relieve
calm
stop
halt
become weaker
decelerate
unlax
end
chill out
coast
cool
cool it
dull
depress
lighten
quieten down
mollify
downsize
downscale
draw to a close
erode
still
cease
slake
dampen
downgrade
calm down
tone down
die off
devaluate
devalue
come to a stop
fall down
level off
come down
take the bite out
cut
amputate
take the sting out
impair
crop
roll back
cut back
slack up
clip
abridge
soft-pedal
slow down
retrogress
get quieter
mark down
write down
become softer
get softer
become quieter
dip
tumble
dive
go downwards
take a nosedive
nose-dive
more ❯
Verb
▲
(of a business) To go bankrupt
fail
collapse
close
crash
fold
end
fizzle
flop
decline
default
finish
drop
miscarry
retire
bomb
go
plummet
founder
topple
slump
buckle
flatline
terminate
crumple
perish
tumble
be ruined
cease trading
go bankrupt
go broke
be shut
close down
fall down
fall through
be liquidated
go bump
go under
shut down
be closed
belly up
cave in
fold up
give up
be unsuccessful
cease production
go bust
lose big
become insolvent
go wrong
not succeed
shrivel up
be closed down
be in arrears
go belly-up
go to the wall
come to a halt
go belly up
go into receivership
grind to a halt
be shut down
be wound up
close one's doors
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
be taken to the cleaners
drop a bundle
be in the hands of the receivers
go into chapter 11
go into liquidation
go out of business
abort
misfire
meet with disaster
backfire
miss
strike out
wash out
bite the dust
run aground
be defeated
suffer defeat
go astray
not come up to scratch
shut
fall to pieces
end in tears
go down the tube
cease activity
cease operating
end in failure
fall apart
shut up shop
go up in smoke
go pear-shaped
abandon
give
yield
bust
stop trading
flummox
not work
drop out
self-destruct
disintegrate
meet with failure
go phut
fail to happen
go on strike
stop
cease
liquidate
go adrift
go amiss
go into Chapter 11
lose
disappoint
miss the target
pauper
impoverish
break
pauperize
go off course
rebound
boomerang
go badly
wind up
close up
not come off
fail miserably
blow it
free-fall
sink without trace
bellyflop
lose money
do badly
be a disappointment
nose-dive
be a disaster
go on the rocks
come apart
close out
drop the curtain
call it a day
pack it in
go haywire
implode
come to a sticky end
come to a bad end
come apart at the seams
wreck
plunge
submerse
wallow
go out
be a failure
be lost
go to bottom
wane
dissolve
die
vanish
disappear
end in defeat
be a fiasco
end in disappointment
die out
come to an end
fade away
peter out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
vegetate
idle
loaf
stagnate
laze
lounge
loll
molderUS
moulderUK
slouch
be inactive
degenerate
deteriorate
do nothing
exist
laze about
laze around
lounge about
loaf about
loaf around
loll about
loll around
lollygag
lounge around
slouch about
slouch around
slummock
decay
hang about
hang around
hang round
hibernate
mooch about
mooch around
veg out
weaken
bat about
bat around
bum around
go to seed
kill time
pass time
sit around
be inert
go to pot
twiddle your thumbs
go off
go stale
lie fallow
relax
lie
trifle
goldbrick
bask
malinger
lie around
be slothful
fritter away time
knock around
stand around
be unoccupied
not lift a finger
while away hours
twiddle thumbs
be indolent
unwind
daydream
veg
twiddle one's thumbs
doss
lie about
flop
slump
sprawl
piddle around
fool away
piddle about
while away the hours
recline
rest
repose
sit
lean
luxuriate
stretch oneself
outspan
drape oneself
slacken
lean back
hang loose
lie back
saunter
stroll
piddle
shirk
evade
dream
shirk one's duties
take things easy
let down
while away the time
more ❯
Verb
▲
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
mope
brood
sulk
fret
pine
pout
idle
moon
despair
grieve
grump
repine
be gloomy
ache
be dejected
be despondent
be miserable
be sad
bleed
chafe
despond
grumble
lament
regret
sink
yearn
hang around
be apathetic
eat your heart out
lose heart
pine away
stew over
sweat over
waste time
have a long face
be down in the dumps
be in a funk
eat one's heart out
go about like a half-shut knife
be down in the mouth
wear a long face
cogitate
study
cerebrate
weigh
revolve
think over
turn over
pore on
rack brains
debate
question
perpend
reflect on
brood over
entertain
turn
reason
figure
kick around
wrestle with
eye
examine
give thought to
excogitate
roll
review
be lost in thought
evaluate
brood on
mull
wonder
cogitate on
put on thinking cap
stew
dwell
puzzle
deliberate about
deliberate on
ponder over
ponder on
brainstorm
ruminate about
judge
appraise
noodle around
cogitate about
use one's head
brood about
hammer away at
give much thought to
ask oneself about
think hard
ask oneself
woolgather
conceive
give consideration to
build castles in air
imagine
intellectualizeUS
analyzeUS
discuss
comprehend
rationalizeUS
chew on
speculate about
look at
logicalize
consult
chew the cud
ideate
debate with oneself
argue
analyseUK
intellectualiseUK
figure out
rationaliseUK
mind
have in mind
put on one's thinking cap
bat it around
pour it on
talk over
knock around
think on
sort out
wonder about
beat one's brains out about
run up a flagpole
be indecisive
recollect
feel
percolate
put on one's thinking cap about
medidate upon
think out
mull over things
understand
give some thought to
be lost in contemplation
turn over in your mind
chew over things
stew about
discern
lucubrate
cudgel one's brains
sleep on it
concentrate
apprehend
process
chew
plan
design
cudgel
turn over in one's mind
marvel
think hard about
muse over
scheme
purpose
intend
devise
digest
project
propose
envisage
envision
plot
view
engage in contemplation
track
think deeply
entertain idea
be in a thoughtful state
flash on
say to oneself
estimate
appreciate
resolve
deduce
infer
stargaze
ratiocinate
chaw
stare into space
stop to consider
take under consideration
space out
zone out
trip out
tune out
be inattentive
be in cloud cuckoo land
be in a trance
have one's head in the clouds
be miles away
let one's thoughts wander
be preoccupied
be abstracted
indulge in wool-gathering
be delirious
more ❯
Verb
▲
To sleep for longer than planned
oversleep
lie in
sleep
sleep late
crash
hibernate
conk out
sack out
saw wood
sleep in
zonk out
ignore the alarm
sleep too long
stay in bed
snooze on
slumber
nap
doze
rest
repose
snooze
kip
siesta
drowse
catnap
doss
relax
flop
yawn
dream
go to bed
have a nap
go to sleep
lie down
bed
call it a day
lounge
loll
bask
stretch out
catch a few Zs
get some sleep
slump
have a doze
lie
recline
hit the pit
outspan
loaf
rack
laze
kick back
couch
take your ease
get some shuteye
grab some z's
take a snooze
catch some z's
take it easy
be sleepy
put your feet up
lie dormant
drift
droop
have
catch
be drowsy
get forty winks
catch some zeds
get one's head down
catch some few Zs
become inattentive
go up the stairs to Bedfordshire
roll in
pile in
get some rest
turn into a pumpkin
kip down
say goodnight
get to sleep
sprawl
hide
lurk
skulk
spread out
be prone
be recumbent
be prostrate
stretch oneself out
be stretched out
slouch
lie back
lean back
be supine
rest upon
deposit
settle
slant
tilt
stretch
hole up
lie upon
lay down
settle down
idle
unbend
pause
unwind
luxuriate
chill
slacken
slack
slack off
cool off
de-stress
take five
sit back
lie by
take a breather
take a rest
sit down
wind down
mellow out
be calm
refresh yourself
be at leisure
have a rest
refresh oneself
put feet up
be at ease
ease off
ease up
slow down
veg out
chill out
be comfortable
let down
take life easy
do nothing
stand down
put one's feet up
settle back
lie still
have a spell
recharge one's batteries
more ❯
Verb
▲
To experience sudden and severe fatigue, especially in endurance sports
bonk
fatigue
exhaust
drain
knacker
shatter
debilitate
deplete
enervate
overtire
bust
kill
poop
succumb
bush
fizzle
flag
frazzle
whack
hit the wall
tire out
knock out
wear out
conk out
do in
shag out
tucker out
drain of energy
fag out
peter out
poop out
wear down
wear to a frazzle
take it out of
sap
enfeeble
devitalize
incapacitate
overwork
cripple
soften
etiolate
waste
immobilizeUS
paralyseUK
strain
undermine
lay low
paralyzeUS
immobiliseUK
indispose
overexert
overextend
torpefy
make weak
make feeble
oppress
overburden
reduce
overfatigue
burden
impair
run ragged
encumber
weigh
put out of action
handicap
overwhelm
overdo
bankrupt
draw
defeat
unnerve
pain
fail
stretch
emasculate
attenuate
blunt
push
drive
load
try
destroy
take it out of one
suck dry
task
make tired
test
eviscerate
grow weary
overload
render infirm
saddle
lade
tear
shred
rip
wear someone out
beat
impoverish
use up
unhinge
diminish
plague
disempower
annoy
irk
pester
exasperate
vex
drowse
disembowel
exenterate
fade
glut
root
cause ennui
grow tired
wipe out
nearly kill
fold
faint
overstrain
wilt
ennui
collapse
overcome
vitiate
injure
hinder
hurt
harm
extenuate
hamper
mar
crush
give out
go stale
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
lose interest
overpower
unstrengthen
put to sleep
wear oneself to a frazzle
devastate
get the better of
sap your strength
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
hamstring
floor
run out of steam
run down
get tired
become drained
break down
stress out
become exhausted
exert
make powerless
fell
make helpless
swamp
whelm
down
ruin
overturn
depress
overmaster
level
make impotent
disarm
overthrow
extend
exploit
wreck
knock down
snow under
grind down
knock over
mow
bring someone to their knees
mow down
drown
overreach
overtask
charge
rack
bowl down
bowl over
sweat
distend
lumber
wrench
tense
bring low
entrust
tighten
overdo it
exert excessively
drive too far
make too many demands on
work too hard
work oneself into the ground
exert to the limit
run oneself into the ground
knock oneself out
push to the limit
drive too hard
put upon
impose on
drive into the ground
be a hard taskmaster
be a slave driver
be a slave-driver
weigh down
empty
make demands on
weight
overuse
stress
pressure
overstretch
cumber
challenge
push too far
press hard on
weigh heavily on
ask too much of
prey on
make heavy demands on
put a strain on
put pressure on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lose energy or become fatigued
wilt
become listless
lose energy
feel faint
feel weak
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