1. languish - Noun
2. languish - Verb
To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
To cause to droop or pine.
See Languishiment.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that if cast ashore he would weary and languish no matter how alluring the shady groves and how bright the gentle sun. Mikhail Lermontov
A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die. Joseph Addison
Believe me, it is a great deal better to find cast-iron proof that you're innocent than to languish in a cell hoping that the police---who already think you're guilty---will find it for you. Douglas Adams
Now therefore while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant fires, Now let us sport us while we may, And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour Than languish in his slow-chapped power. Andrew Marvell
So I the pleasant grape have pulled from the vine, And yet I languish in great thirst, while others drink the wine. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty. Jean de La Bruyère