Lan·guish v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing.]
1. 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.
We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31.
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life. --Pope.
For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8.
2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
Syn: -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.