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wan
1[won]
adjective
of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color.
His wan face suddenly flushed.
Synonyms:Antonyms:showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc..
a wan look; a wan smile.
lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness.
their wan attempts to organize the alumni.
Synonyms: , , , ,Archaic.Ìý
dark or gloomy.
pale in color or hue.
verb (used with or without object)
to become or make wan.
wan
2[wahn]
verb
a simple past tense of win.
WAN
3[wan]
noun
wan
1/ ·ÉÉ’²Ô /
adjective
unnaturally pale esp from sickness, grief, etc
characteristic or suggestive of ill health, unhappiness, etc
(of light, stars, etc) faint or dim
verb
to make or become wan
WAN
2abbreviation
wide area network
Nigeria (international car registration)
WAN
Short for wide area network. A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN. The Internet is a WAN.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- wanly adverb
- wanness noun
- ˈ·É²¹²Ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ˈ·É²¹²Ô±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of WAN1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of WAN1
Origin of WAN2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
With “Wickedest,†a boisterous album highlight, she laments that “Everybody want to lie, they want to fight, they want to get me / Thеy wan’ kill me … When they really don’t know me.â€
The terrific Beecham is saddled with a dismal hairdo and an even more dismal role, her character simply an object of wan yearning for the drowsy John.
I chanced a wan peek out of the flounce.
If you were not eating meat in the 1990s and early 2000s, you might harbor painful memories of the wan, wet vegan dogs of yesteryear.
When we drove by the family home, I tasted her cabbage omelet and the gong wan that she made from scratch.
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