languish

Verbs

  • (v) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
    • After her husband died, she just pined away
    pine away, waste,
  • (v) have a desire for something or someone who is not present
    • She ached for a cigarette
    • I am pining for my lover
    pine, yen, ache, yearn,
  • (v) become feeble
    • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
    fade,

Synonyms

pine away waste pine yen ache yearn fade

Words of close approximity

languid
languisher