Languish
Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/
Languish (verb)
- To become weak or suffer from lack of energy or hope.
- To remain in a bad or unhappy state without improvement.
Examples
- The plant will languish without enough sunlight.
- The project may languish without proper funding.
Common collocations: languish in pain, languish in silence, languish in obscurity, languish for attention