how to pronounce languish

/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

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languish is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of languish in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… thousands more languish behind bars for …”

meanings of languish

verb:

To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
To make weak; to weaken, devastate.

languish frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word languish occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics languish can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that languish can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;