languish
I
verb
ail, become disheartened, become ill, become weak, collapse, decay, decline, despair, despond, deteriorate, droop, drop, ebb, fade, fail, fail in health, fall ill, fall sick, flag, fret, go into a decline, grieve, grow weak, lament, languere, languescere, live under unfavorable conditions, lose heart, lose spirit, lose strength, pine, pine away, repine, sag, sicken, sink, slump, stagnate, succumb, suffer, tabescere, vegetate, waste away, weaken, wear away, wilt, wither
II
index
decay, degenerate, suffer (sustain loss)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006