Languish

Verb

 * 1)  To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
 * 2)  To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
 * He languished without his girlfriend
 * 1)  To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
 * He languished in prison for years
 * 1)  To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
 * The case languished for years before coming to trial.
 * 1)  To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
 * 2)  To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.
 * 3) * 1815, Jane Austen, Emma:
 * 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.

Related terms

 * languid
 * languor
 * languorous

Adverbs for Languish
piteously; idly; gradually; pathetically; sickly; wanly; pensively; wearily; dreamily; amorously; listlessly; unwontedly; blissfully; lazily; agonizingly; passionately; ceaselessly; lovingly.

Thesaurus
abate, ablate, bate, be eaten away, become suicidal, break, cave in, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, consume, consume away, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, desiccate, despair, despond, deteriorate, die away, diminish, disintegrate, dive, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ebb, erode, fade, fade away, fail, faint, fall, fall away, fall off, fizzle out, flag, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, lessen, let up, lose heart, lose strength, melt away, peak, peg out, peter out, pine, plumb the depths, plummet, plunge, poop out, reach the depths, run down, run low, sag, sear, shrink, shrivel, sink, subside, tail off, touch bottom, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, wear thin, wilt, wither, wither away, wizen, yield

Etymology
From the participle stem of and  languir:, from  languire:, alteration of  languere:. Compare languor:.

Translations

 * Armenian:, , տկարանալ, հյուծվել
 * Czech:
 * Danish: trættes
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, se cachectiser, se rabougrir, devenir étique


 * German: ermatten
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 元気がなくなる
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: слабеть, чахнуть
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Armenian: տանջվել, թախծել, ուժից ընկնել, ուժասպառ լինել
 * Esperanto: velki
 * Finnish:, räytyä


 * French:, mourir
 * German: schmachten
 * Russian: тосковать
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, , virua
 * French: traîner une misérable éxistence, vivoter
 * German: dahinsiechen


 * Italian: vivachiare
 * Japanese: 惨めに暮らす]]|tr=, mijime ni kurasu|undefined
 * Russian: томиться
 * Spanish:, desperecer, ir tirando


 * Finnish: roikkua
 * French: péricliter, décliner, stagner, piétiner, marquer le pas, patauger


 * Italian: stagnare, segnare il passo
 * Russian: тянуться
 * Spanish: periclitar, debilitarse, estancarse, atascarse, enredarse