intransitive verb. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor.

intransitive verb. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions.

intransitive verb. To remain unattended or be neglected.

intransitive verb. To become downcast or pine away in longing.

To become weak or spiritless; become listless or sad; lose strength or animation; pine: as, to languish in solitude.

To droop, wither, or fade, as a plant, from heat, drought, neglect, or other unfavorable conditions.

To grow feeble or dull; lose activity and vigor; dwindle; fall off: as, the war languished for lack of supplies; manufactures languished.

To act languidly; present or assume a languid appearance or expression, especially as an indication of tender or enervating emotion.

Synonyms To decline, faint, fail.

To cause to droop or fail.

noun. See languishment.

intransitive verb. To cause to droop or pine.

intransitive verb. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.

intransitive verb. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.

intransitive verb. To be neglected and unattended to.

verb. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

verb. become feeble

verb. have a desire for something or someone who is not present

"V. ii.42 (250,7) rids our dogs of languish] For _languish_, I think we may read, _anguish_."

languid  languor  languorous  

degenerate  deteriorate  devolve  drop  weaken  

anguish  

abate  ablate  bate  be eaten away  become suicidal  

languishment  

languished  languishes  languishing  languishness