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   Wan

   /wän/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion: "she was looking wan and bleary-eyed" Similar palepallidashenwhitewhite as a sheetgrayanemicjaundicedcolorlessbloodlesswaxenchalkymilkypastypasty-facedwhey-facedpeakysicklytired-lookingwashed outsallowdraineddrawnsappedghostlydeathlydeathlikebleachedrare:etiolatedOpposite flushedruddy
   • ▪ (of light) pale; weak: "the wan dawn light" Similar dimfaintweakfeeblepalewaterywishy-washyOpposite bright
   • ▪ (of a smile) weak; strained: "he gave a wan smile"
   • ▪ (of the sea) without luster; dark and gloomy.

   Word Origin Old Englishwann ‘dark, black’, of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wanly adverb
   • 2. wanness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

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