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Search phrase: anguish

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.i.31What is it, my good lord, the King languishesWhat is it (my good Lord) the King languishes
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.224To cure the desperate languishings whereofTo cure the desperate languishings whereof
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.42.1That rids our dogs of languish?that rids our dogs of languish
As You Like ItAYL II.i.35Did come to languish; and indeed, my lord,Did come to languish; and indeed my Lord
CymbelineCym I.ii.87.2Nay, let her languishNay, let her languish
CymbelineCym I.vi.9Which are the movers of a languishing death:Which are the moouers of a languishing death:
CymbelineCym I.vii.72But must be, will's free hours languish forBut must be: will's free houres languish: / For
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.99The words would add more anguish than the wounds.The words would adde more anguish then the wounds.
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.94How heartsick, and how full of languishmentHow hart sicke and how full of languishment,
King LearKL IV.iv.15.1Will close the eye of anguish.Will close the eye of Anguish.
King LearKL IV.vi.6.1By your eyes' anguish.By your eyes anguish.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.35Love and languish for his sake.Loue and languish for his sake.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.37To ease the anguish of a torturing hour?To ease the anguish of a torturing houre?
OthelloOth III.iii.43A man that languishes in your displeasure.A man that languishes in your displeasure.
OthelloOth V.ii.358More fell than anguish, hunger, or the sea,More fell then Anguish, Hunger, or the Sea:
PericlesPer I.ii.32Makes both my body pine and soul to languish,Makes both my bodie pine, and soule to languish,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.ii.46One pain is lessened by another's anguish.One paine is lesned by anothers anguish:
Romeo and JulietRJ I.ii.48One desperate grief cures with another's languish.One desparate greefe, cures with anothers lauguish:
Titus AndronicusTit II.i.110A speedier course than ling'ring languishmentA speedier course this lingring languishment
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.17And downright languished. Leave me solely. Go,And down-right languish'd. Leaue me solely: goe,

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1130 As the dank earth weeps at thy languishment, As the danke earth weepes at thy languishment:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1141 Shall tune our heart-strings to true languishment. Shal tune our heart-strings to true languishment.
SonnetsSonn.145.3 To me that languished for her sake; To me that languisht for her sake:
Venus and AdonisVen.603 Even so she languisheth in her mishaps Euen so she languisheth in her mishaps,

Glossary

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agonyanguish, great distress; or: death-struggle
languishpass [time] in languishing, waste
languishwasting disease, drooping sickness
languishmentlonging, pain, grief [caused by love]
peakmope about, brood, languish
vexationanguish, grief, affliction

Thesaurus

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anguishagony
anguishvexation
languishpeak
pass time in languishinglanguish

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ANGUISHBASICanguish n
LANGUISHBASIClanguish n, languish v, languishing adj, languishing n, languishment n, languor n

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