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Past tense for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy

Past tense for to be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation

Past tense for to desire or pine for someone or something

Past tense for to feel emotional or mental anguish

Past tense for to become progressively worse in quality or health

Past tense for to think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

Past tense for to become weaker or of poorer quality

Past tense for to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

(of a business) Past tense for to go bankrupt

Past tense for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

Past tense for to have a strong desire for

Past tense for to be, or become, inactive or unchanging

Past tense for to act in a dreamily infatuated manner

Past tense for to fail suddenly and completely

Being mournful or feeling sorrow

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Verb

Past tense for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy

went into a decline

gone into a decline

become listless

become fatigued

became marcescent

became listless

became fatigued

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“Get it wrong, and your plants will languish and die in boggy beds.”

Verb

Past tense for to be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation

“There is a paragraph in the appellant's submissions that refers to the unacceptability of simply allowing a person to languish in detention.”

Verb

Past tense for to desire or pine for someone or something

carried a torch for

“Love me and you will have me, for I languish for love.”

Verb

Past tense for to feel emotional or mental anguish

expressed sorrow for

expressed sorrow

expressed sorrow about

expressed woe for

shed tears over

complained about

expressed regret about

eaten your heart out

ate your heart out

expressed grief

beat one's breast

cried over spilled milk

cried over spilt milk

regretted the loss of

reproached oneself for

beaten one's breast

weeped and wailed

felt remorse for

felt apologetic about

went through the mill

gone through the mill

felt remorseful about

kicked oneself for

experienced hardship

felt sorry about

went through a lot

gone through a lot

been remorseful

were remorseful

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“I could do nothing but languish in sorrow, shedding a flood of tears.”

Verb

Past tense for to become progressively worse in quality or health

went to the dogs

gone to the dogs

went down the toilet

gone down the toilet

went down the tubes

gone down the tubes

went to rack and ruin

gone to rack and ruin

went to the pack

gone to the pack

become debilitated

become dilapidated

become emaciated

became debilitated

became dilapidated

fell into decay

fallen into decay

become moribund

come apart at seams

had one foot in the grave

became emaciated

became moribund

went into decline

gone into decline

taken a turn for the worse

took a turn for the worse

came apart at seams

fallen apart at the seams

fell apart at the seams

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Past tense for to think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

ate your heart out

eaten your heart out

had a long face

went about like a half-shut knife

gone about like a half-shut knife

wore a long face

worn a long face

languished over

felt despondent about

chafed inwardly

felt despondent

felt sorry for yourself

regretted the loss of

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Past tense for to become weaker or of poorer quality

come to nothing

came to nothing

ceased to exist

lost its effect

lost its effectiveness

disappeared slowly

sunk into oblivion

sank into oblivion

went through the floor

gone through the floor

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Verb

Past tense for to live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

slouched around

twiddled thumbs

rested on your oars

sat back and do nothing

kicked your heels

shilly-shallied

frittered away time

whiled away hours

not lifted a finger

whiled away the hours

whiled away the time

taken things easy

took things easy

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Verb

(of a business) Past tense for to go bankrupt

ceased production

became insolvent

become insolvent

went to the wall

gone to the wall

went into receivership

gone into receivership

ground to a halt

closed one's doors

lost one's shirt

dropped a bundle

went into liquidation

gone into liquidation

went out of business

gone out of business

Verb

Past tense for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

wore to a frazzle

worn to a frazzle

drained of energy

taken it out of

put out of action

rendered infirm

saped your strength

sapped your strength

caused weariness

run into the ground

reduced the powers of

deprived of force

removed the sting from

become fatigued

brought someone to their knees

tired yourself out

run out of steam

become exhausted

confined to bed

confined to a wheelchair

got the better of

gotten the better of

wore oneself to a shadow

ran into the ground

worn oneself to a shadow

became fatigued

wore oneself to a frazzle

worn oneself to a frazzle

wore yourself out

worn yourself out

ran out of steam

became exhausted

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Past tense for to have a strong desire for

setted your heart upon

set one's heart on

ate one's heart out over

eaten one's heart out over

carried a torch

regretted the loss of

regretted the absence of

had a hankering

set your sights on

hoped against hope

licked one's chops

crossed your fingers

had the hots for

had hard feelings

had one's heart set on

eaten your heart out

ate your heart out

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Verb

Past tense for to be, or become, inactive or unchanging

ground to a halt

Verb

Past tense for to act in a dreamily infatuated manner

romanticised^UK

romanticized^US

Verb

Past tense for to fail suddenly and completely

Adjective

Being mournful or feeling sorrow

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

having blue devils

having the blahs

singing the blues

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

discountenanced

heavy with grief

with a long face

deeply saddened

overcome with sorrow

conscience-stricken

discombobulated

on the verge of tears

racked with suffering

racked with pain

extremely saddened

down-in-the-mouth

given to looking on the black side

sorry for yourself

deeply regretful

with tears in your eyes

at the end of your tether

mentally defeated

strictly business

self-reproachful

longing for home

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

at end of one's rope

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

full of despair

in floods of tears

emotionally defeated

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

poverty-stricken

at sixes and sevens

in sackcloth and ashes

extremely sorry

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