languish

Verb

Verb Forms: languished, languishing, languishes

To lose strength or vitality; to become weak or feeble.
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
become feeble
- "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

Examples

He languished in prison for years.
He languished without his girlfriend.
The case languished for years before coming to trial.
Without good tiles, the player would languish, unable to make any impactful moves.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of Anglo-Norman and Middle French languir, from Late Latin languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (“to be faint, unwell”).
: Compare languor and lax.
: Cognate with slack.

Synonyms

ache, fade, pine, pine away, waste, yearn, yen

Scrabble Score: 12

languish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
languish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
languish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

languish: valid Words With Friends Word