1. Remain in an unpleasant or unwanted situation without change or progress
   "The bill languished in committee"; "The prisoner languished in jail"
    
2. Become feeble
   "Plants languish without water";
   - fade
    
3. [archaic] Lose vigour, health, or flesh, as through grief
   "After her husband died, she just languished";
   - pine away, waste

Derived forms: languished, languishes, languishing

See also: fester

Type of: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, weaken