languish
(verb)
verb
1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
Similar word(s): waste
Definition categories: change, weaken
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Similar word(s): ache, pine, yearn, yen
Definition categories: emotion, hanker, long, yearn
3. become feeble
- The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon
Similar word(s): fade
Definition categories: body, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop
Sentences with languish as a verb:
- He languished without his girlfriend
- He languished in prison for years
- The case languished for years before coming to trial.