WAN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for WAN?

Need another word that means the same as “wan”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “wan” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Wan” are: pale, pallid, sick, ashen, white, white as a sheet, grey, dim, faint, weak, feeble, watery, wishy-washy

Wan as an Adjective

Definitions of "Wan" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “wan” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of the sea) without lustre; dark and gloomy.
• Lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness.
• Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble.
• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble.
• (of light) pale; weak.
• (of a smile) lacking enthusiasm or energy.
• (of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.
• Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress.

Synonyms of "Wan" as an adjective (13 Words)

ashen	Anemic looking from illness or emotion- Mary W. Shelley. Eleanor s ashen face.
dim	Made dim or less bright. Their prospects for the future looked fairly dim.
faint	(of a hope or chance) possible but unlikely; slight. Damning with faint praise.
feeble	Lacking strength of character. Feeble efforts.
grey	Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War who wore grey uniforms. His face looked grey and drawn.
pale	Inferior or unimpressive. Pale blue eyes.
pallid	Lacking vigour or intensity; insipid. Pallid liberalism.
sick	(of a person) having abnormal or unnatural tendencies; perverted. Nursing very sick children.
watery	(of a person’s eyes) full of tears. Watery soil.
weak	Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. He had a weak stomach.
white	Restricted to whites only. In shining white armor.
white as a sheet	Glowing white with heat.
wishy-washy	Weak in willpower, courage or vitality.

Usage Examples of "Wan" as an adjective

• The pale (or wan) stars.
• Her wan face suddenly flushed.
• He gave a wan smile.
• The wan dawn light.
• A wan smile.
• She was looking wan and bleary-eyed.
• The wan light of dawn.

Associations of "Wan" (30 Words)

ailing	In poor health. My poor ailing grandmother.
anemia	A deficiency of red blood cells.
anemic	Lacking vigor or energy. An anemic attempt to hit the baseball.
blanch	Make white or pale by extracting colour. I blanched the carrots for a couple of minutes before roasting them.
complexion	A combination that results from coupling or interlinking. A liberal political complexion.
dark	Of a person having dark skin hair or eyes. Dark eyes.
dim	Make dim or lusterless. The dim glow of the fire.
face	Cover the surface of something with a layer of a different material. The north face of the Eiger.
fading	Weakening in force or intensity.
flagging	A walk of flagstones. The flagging in the garden was quite imaginative.
fragility	Lack of physical strength. His emotional fragility.
hue	The attribute of a colour by virtue of which it is discernible as red, green, etc., and which is dependent on its dominant wavelength and independent of intensity or lightness. The water is the deepest hue of aquamarine.
ill	Ill is often used as a combining form in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner not well. Ill fitting clothes.
jaundice	Affect with or as if with jaundice. Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment.
limp	A tendency to limp a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. He felt his body go limp.
moonbeam	A ray of moonlight.
pale	Become pale in one s face from shock or fear. I paled at the thought of what she might say.
pallid	(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health. His face with its wrinkled pallid complexion.
pallor	An unhealthy pale appearance. The deathlike pallor of his face.
pigmentation	Abnormal colouring of a person’s skin, typically resulting from disease.
powerless	Lacking power. Troops were powerless to stop last night s shooting.
sallow	Cause to become sallow. His skin was sallow and pitted.
sensitization	(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations. Too much silver nitrate would cause improper sensitization of the plates placed in it.
sick	People who are sick. Visiting the sick and the elderly.
swarthy	Naturally having skin of a dark color. Swarthy men with gleaming teeth.
tint	Dye someone s hair with a tint. A tint of glamour.
undermine	Destroy property or hinder normal operations. This could undermine years of hard work.
weak	Relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts only at distances less than about 10 cm is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions and conserves neither strangeness parity nor isospin. A weak plot.
white	Paint or turn something white. A white Christmas.
yellow	Yellow colour or pigment. The little yellow stain of treason.