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Full Definition of LANGUISH. intransitive verb. 1. a: to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated b: to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality. 2. a: to become dispirited. 3. : to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy.
To languish is to become pitiful or weak because you're sick, in love, or stuck somewhere. A prisoner might languish in jail, longing for her freedom. Languish, like languid, is from the Latin word languere which means to be weak or faint.. Your houseplants might languish in a dark dry corner. A Romantic poet might languish on a velvet couch with the back of her hand to her forehead.