languishers
People wasting away
Languishers are people who languish—those who exist in a state of stagnation or diminished vitality without actively suffering.
The term gained currency from psychology describing a middle ground between flourishing and depression: Languishers aren't depressed, but they're not thriving either.
Someone might be a languisher temporarily or dispositionally.
People experiencing pain
- melancholicsThose habitually gloomy
- depressivesThose with chronic sadness
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
wasting · fading · drooping · wilting · despairing · lonely · lovesick · heartbroken
Incarcerated individuals
- detaineesPeople held in custody
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- captivesPeople held by force
- hostagesCaptives held for demands
incarcerated · forgotten · neglected · abandoned · confined · trapped · isolated · waiting
Decreasing in strength
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
withering · atrophying · stagnating · struggling · failing · ailing · wasting · dwindling
Not brought to completion
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
- stuckUnable to move
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
joyless · emptiness · purposeless · adrift · apathetic · indifferent · numb · disconnected
sufferers
People experiencing pain
- melancholicsThose habitually gloomy
- depressivesThose with chronic sadness
- piningAching with prolonged desire
yearning · wasting · fading · drooping · wilting · despairing · lonely · lovesick · heartbroken · dejected
prisoners
Incarcerated individuals
hostages · incarcerated · forgotten · neglected · abandoned · confined · trapped · isolated · waiting · rotting
declining
Decreasing in strength
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
waning · withering · atrophying · stagnating · struggling · failing · ailing · wasting · dwindling · diminishing
unfulfilled
Not brought to completion
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- unmotivatedLacking incentive or drive
- stuckUnable to move
stagnant · joyless · emptiness · purposeless · adrift · apathetic · indifferent · numb · disconnected · restless
languishersflourishers
Those who prosper
thrivers · bloomers · high achievers · dynamos · go-getters
languishersdynamos
Extremely vigorous people
go-getters · live wires · energizers · powerhouses · fireballs