languishing

Definitions

Failing to make progress or be successful; remaining in an unwanted state.

Losing or lacking vitality; growing weak or feeble.

Suffering from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

Examples

The neglected garden was languishing in the heat of the midsummer sun.

After the scandal, the politician spent years languishing in political obscurity.

Synonyms

deteriorating withering fading declining rotting weakening stagnating

Antonyms

flourishing thriving blooming prospering growing strengthening advancing