- to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade: Whether the plant thrives or languishes and dies is heavily dependent on the climate.
- to lose vigor and vitality: Though she was once full of energy, her illness had caused her to languish.
- to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years.
- to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petition that languished on the warden's desk for a year.
- to pine with desire or longing.
- to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy.
- the act or state of being neglected, losing vigor, or becoming weak.
- a tender, melancholy look or expression.
- to lose or diminish in strength or energy
- to be listless with desire; pine
- to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglect
- to put on a tender, nostalgic, or melancholic expression
