Definitions of languish

1. 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.

2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.

3. To cause to droop or pine.

4. To become weak or spiritless; pine away; look with tenderness or wistfulness.

5. To become languid or enfeebled: to lose strength and animation: to pine: to become dull, as of trade.

6. To become weak; droop; pine.

7. To manifest tender emotion.

8. have a yen for

9. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; " After her husband died, she just pined away"

10. have a desire for something or someone who is not present; " She ached for a cigarette"; " I am pining for my lover"

11. To lose strength or animation; to look with softness or tenderness; to pine; to become feeble or spiritless; to grow dull.

12. See Languishiment.