Inflected forms: lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·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.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin langure, to be languid. See slg- in Appendix I.
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