1. to become dispirited in some place; to weaken and fade away in some place. Claire languished in prison for her crime.I spent over three days languishing in a stuffy hotel room.We languished in the airport waiting room while they refueled the plane.
2. to suffer neglect in a place. The bill languished in the Senate for months on end.The children languished in the squalid conditions until the court intervened.