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- pronunciation:
- wan
- parts of speech:
- adjective, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
wanner, wannest |
| definition 1: |
unnaturally pale, as from illness or exhaustion.
Her wan complexion showed that she'd been ill.- synonyms:
- ashen, pale, pallid, pasty
- antonyms:
- flushed
- similar words:
- ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, ghastly, ghostly, gray, jaundiced, livid, off-color, sallow, sickly
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| definition 2: |
lacking strength or vigor; feeble.
He did not say goodbye and made only a wan gesture as I got up to leave.- synonyms:
- feeble, pallid, weak
- similar words:
- halfhearted, ineffectual, lame, limp, pale, poor, sickly, spiritless, unenthusiastic
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| related words: |
ashen, haggard, listless, pale, sick |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
wans, wanning, wanned |
| definition: |
to become unnaturally pale or sickly in appearance.
Her face wanned as she read the telegram. |
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| derivations: |
wanly (adv.), wanness (n.) |
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