languisht

Verb

languish (third-person singular simple present languishes, present participle languishing, simple past and past participle languished)

1. (intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
   • We […] do languish of such diseases.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Esdras 8:31
2. (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
   • He languished without his girlfriend.
3. (intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
   • He languished in prison for years.

   Synonyms:

   rot

4. (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
   • The case languished for years before coming to trial.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
   • He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an "exactly so," as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.1815, Jane Austen, Emma