languish

lan·guish  (lnggwsh)

intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es

1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor.

2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.

3. To remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.

4. To become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.

5. To affect a wistful or languid air, especially in order to gain sympathy.

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[Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin langure, to be languid; see slg- in Indo-European roots.]

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languish·er n.

languish·ing·ly adv.

languish·ment n.

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languish

Verb

Literary

1. to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglect: she won't languish in jail for it

2. to lose or diminish in strength or energy: the design languished into oblivion

3. (often foll. by for)to be listless with desire; pine [Latin languere]

languishing adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	languish - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" pine away, waste weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	2.	languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" pine, yen, ache, yearn die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
	3.	languish - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" fade degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

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languish

verb 1. decline, waste away, fade away, wither away, flag, weaken, wilt, sicken << OPPOSITE flourish

verb 2. (Literary) waste away, suffer, rot, be abandoned, be neglected, be disregarded << OPPOSITE thrive

verb 3. (often with for) pine, want, long, desire, sigh, hunger, yearn, hanker, eat your heart out over, suspire

Translations

languish [ˈlæŋgwɪʃ] vi → languidecer

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languish [ˈlæŋgwɪʃ] vi → languir

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languish [ˈlæŋgwɪʃ] vi → schmachten; [project, case] → erfolglos bleiben

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languish [ˈlæŋgwɪʃ] vi → languire