languish in WordNet English dictionary

1. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
   "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
   ache  yearn  yen  pine  languish 
   
2. become feeble
   "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
   languish  fade 
   
3. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
   "After her husband died, she just pined away"
   pine away  waste  languish