Languish

1. verb

   have a desire for something or someone who is not present

   “She ached for a cigarette”

   Similar: ache, yearn, yen, pine

2. verb

   lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

   “After her husband died, she just pined away”

   Similar: pine away, waste

3. verb

   become feeble

   “The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon”

   Similar: fade