languish

Verb

• become feeble
  • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
    

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  • She ached for a cigarette
    
  • I am pining for my lover
    

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  • After her husband died, she just pined away
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fade , ache , yearn , yen , pine , pine away , waste