intr.v., -guished, -guish·ing, -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.

[Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin languēre, to be languid.]

languisher lan'guish·er n.
languishingly lan'guish·ing·ly adv.
languishment lan'guish·ment n.

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verb

1. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag², sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. Informal fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase/decrease, strong/weak.
2. To waste away from longing or grief: pine (away), wither. See health/sickness.

v

Definition: droop; become dull, listless
Antonyms: flourish, grow, improve, strengthen, thrive

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IN BRIEF: To become weak. Also: To live under distressing conditions.

Unless a new strong leader is chosen, that country will languish in poverty for many more years.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - blive mat, vansmægte, sygne hen, vantrives, stilne af, dø hen

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwijnen, verkommeren, (ver)smachten (naar), verflauwen, droefgeestig worden

Français (French)
v. intr. - se morfondre, dépérir, se languir de l'absence de (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - schmachten, ermatten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ατονώ, εξασθενώ, αργοσβήνω, μαραζώνω, λιώνω από νοσταλγία

Italiano (Italian)
languire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enfraquecer-se, suspirar por, ansiar

Русский (Russian)
чахнуть, изнывать, томный вид, вялость

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - languidecer, consumirse, decaer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avmattas, försmäkta, tyna bort, tråna, trängta, se trånsjuk ut

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
憔悴, 苦思, 凋萎

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 憔悴, 苦思, 凋萎

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 기운이 없어지다, 쇠약해지다, 동경하다, 비참하게 살다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 元気がなくなる, 弱る, しおれる, 苦しい生活を送る, 思い焦がれる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهن, يضعف, تفتر همته, يضنى, يذبل, يهزل, يشتاق إلى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮היה חלש, נחלש, התנוון, השתוקק, סבל ארוכות, איבד מרץ, התגעגע‬

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