languir

Senses

1. 1.

   to languish

   to suffer from longing or emotional pain; to pine for someone or something

2. 2.

   to grow weak; to decline

   to lose vigour, health, or momentum; to wither or fade

3. 3.

   to drag on

   to proceed slowly or tediously without resolution or progress

Examples

• "Elle languissait loin de sa bien-aimée."

  She was languishing far from her beloved.

• "Le malade languissait depuis des mois."

  The patient had been declining for months.

• "Ce projet languissait sans financement."

  This project was dragging on without funding.

Usage

Formal and literary register; often used in romantic or melancholic contexts. Commonly found with prepositions *de* (languir de) meaning "to yearn for" or *après* (languir après). The present participle *languissant* is also used as an adjective meaning "languid" or "listless."