Both Uses of
languish
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He'll carry off Katerina Ivanovna, for whom he is languishing, and pocket her dowry of sixty thousand.†
Chpt 2 *languishing = suffering in a bad situation for a long time
- I wouldn't change a dandy I know of for three young Englishmen," observed Marya Kondratyevna tenderly, doubtless accompanying her words with a most languishing glance.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
to suffer in a bad situation for a long time