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Another word for wan

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wan

modif.

colorless, sickly, blanched; see pale 1. See syn. study at pale.

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Another word for wan

adjective

Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness:
careworn, drawn, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, worn. See tired
Lacking color:
ashen, ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, waxen. See colors

verb

To lose normal coloration; turn pale:

blanch, bleach, etiolate, pale. See colors

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Rissa met his gaze with a wan smile.
On the day set apart for worship (Wan Phra, or" Day of the Lord ") the attendance at the temples is small and consists mostly of women.
Lu had a great name among the other states of Chow, its marquises being descended from the duke of Chow, the legislator and consolidator of the dynasty which had been founded by his father and brother, the famous kings Wan and Wu.
It stands at the head of Talien-wan Bay, on the east side of Liao-tung peninsula, in Manchuria, about 20 m.
The fortune of war in- batons dined at first in favor of the royalists, who captured wan Northampton and Nottingham.

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