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wan

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of wan

lacking a healthy skin color

she looks a little wan after all that tiring work

Synonyms of wan

ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked

Words Related to wan

sallow, sallowish, sick, sickly, waxen, waxy

white, whitened

anemic, bloodless

whey-faced, white-faced

Near Antonyms of wan

blushing, flushed, pink

Antonyms of wan

blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine

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