languish
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- 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.
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