wan

• anemic
• ashen
• ashy
• bilious
• blanched
• bleached
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• dim
• discolored
• doughy
• faint
• feeble
• forceless
• ghastly
• haggard
• ineffective
• ineffectual
• livid
• lurid
• mealy
• pale
• paled
• pallid
• pasty
• peaked
• sallow
• sallowish
• sick
• sickly
• untanned
• washed-out
• waxen
• waxy
• whey-faced
• white
• white-faced
• whitened
• worn

• blooming
• blushing
• bright
• clear
• colorful
• distinct
• florid
• flush
• flushed
• fresh
• full-blooded
• glowing
• healthy
• pink
• red
• rosy
• rubicund
• ruddy
• sanguine
• strong

• noun
  1. The quality of being wan; wanness.
  2. The digit or figure 1.
  3. The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
  4. A one-dollar bill.
  5. One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
  6. A joke or amusing anecdote.
  7. A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
  8. (leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
  9. A girl or woman.
• adjective
  1. Pale, sickly-looking.
  2. Dim, faint.
  3. Bland, uninterested.
• verb
  1. To conquer, defeat.
  2. To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
  3. To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
  4. To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
  5. To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
  6. To achieve victory.
  7. To have power, coercion or control.
  8. To obtain (something desired).
  9. To cause a victory for someone.
  10. To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
  11. To dry by exposure to the wind.

• Wan faces filled the room, all eager to hear the results of the competition.
• She wore a wan smile, trying to hide her disappointment.
• The wan light of dawn slowly crept over the horizon.
• After being sick for days, he looked wan and exhausted.
• His wan attempt at humor fell flat, leaving everyone awkwardly silent.

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• boomeranging
• collapsing
• declining
• flopping
• floundering
• flunking
• folding
• slipping
• slumping
• struggling
• waning
• washing out

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