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1. (adj.) wan
of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid.
2. wan
showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, etc.:
a wan smile.
3. wan
lacking in forcefulness or effectiveness:
wan attempts to organize the alumni.
4. (v.t.) wan
to become or make wan.
Etymology: (1980–85)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) wide area network, WAN
a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
2. (adj) pale, pallid, wan, sick
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
"the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
3. (adj) pale, pallid, wan
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
"the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
4. (verb) wan
lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
"a wan smile"
5. (verb) wan
become pale and sickly
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) WAN
having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid
2. (noun) WAN
the quality of being wan; wanness
3. WAN
won
4. WAN
of Win
5. (verb) WAN
to grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks
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Sense: pale and sickly-looking
She still looks wan after her illness.
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 Afrikaans: vaal, sieklik |
 Arabic: شاحِب، باهِت |
 Bulgarian: блед |
 Brazilian: abatido |
 Czech: bledý |
 German: blaß |
 Danish: blegnæbbet |
 Greek: χλομός |
 Spanish: pálido, macilento; débil |
 Estonian: kahvatu |
 Farsi: خسته |
 Finnish: kelmeä |
 French: pâle |
 Hebrew: תָּשוּש |
 Hindi: पीला |
 Croatian: slab, bljedunjav |
 Hungarian: hal(o)vány |
 Indonesian: pucat |
 Icelandic: fölur, gugginn |
 Italian: pallido |
 Japanese: 青ざめた |
 Korean: 창백한 |
 Lithuanian: nusibaigęs, pablyškęs |
 Latvian: bāls; slimīga izskata- |
 Malay: pucat dan lesu |
 Dutch: bleek |
 Norwegian: gusten, blek |
 Polish: mizerny |
 Portuguese: abatido |
 Romanian: palid |
 Russian: бледный |
 Slovak: bledý |
 Slovenian: bled |
 Serbian: bled |
 Swedish: glåmig |
 Thai: ซึ่งซีดเผือดเนื่องจากความ |
 Turkish: solgun, benzi atmış |
 Taiwanese: 蒼白憔悴的 |
 Ukrainian: блідий; хворобливий |
 Urdu: زرد |
 Vietnamese: xanh xao |
 Chinese: 苍白憔悴的 |
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