languish


languish (http://definr.com/languish)

     v 1: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her
          husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away, waste]
     2: have a yen for [syn: long, ache, yearn, yen, pine]
     3: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
        the dungeon" [syn: fade]