intransitive verb

1. to lose vigor or vitality; fail in health; become weak; droop
2. to live under distressing conditions; continue in a state of suffering to languish in poverty
3. to become slack or dull; lose intensity
4. to suffer with longing; pine
5. to put on an air of sentimental tenderness or wistful melancholy

Etymology: ME languishen < extended stem of OFr languir < L languescere < languere, to be weary: see languid