Languishing

lan·guish

–verb (used without object)

1.

to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.

2.

to lose vigor and vitality.

3.

to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; sufferhardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years.

4.

to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petitionthat languished on the warden's desk for a year.

5.

to pine with desire or longing.

6.

to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy.

–noun

7.

the act or state of languishing.

8.

a tender, melancholy look or expression.

lan·guish  (lnggwsh)

intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es

1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor.

2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions.

3. To remain unattended or be neglected.

4. To become downcast or pine away in longing.

5. To affect a wistful or languid air, especially in order to gain sympathy.