noun
- a person who languishes; one who becomes weak, listless, or suffers from neglect or longing
Usage: literary
Examples
- The poet portrayed himself as a languisher, pining away for his lost love.
- She was no mere languisher but fought actively against her circumstances.
- The novel’s protagonist was a typical romantic languisher, wasting away in melancholy.
- He refused to be a languisher in prison and instead focused on self-improvement.
- The languisher sat by the window, gazing longingly at the distant hills.
- Critics dismissed the character as just another languisher from Gothic fiction.