| ADJECTIVE | all | wan, pale, pallid, sick | (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness |
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| all | wan, pale, pallid | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress | |
| all | wan | lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness | |
| NOUN | artifact | WAN, wide area network | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
| VERB | body | wan | become pale and sickly |
| Sounds | waa'n | |
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| Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... | |
| Meaning | (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | pale, pallid, sick | |
| Broader | weak | Wanting in physical strength |
| Spanish | apagado, débil, flojo, pálido | |
| Catalan | apagat, dèbil, feble, fluix, pàlid | |
| Adverbs | wanly | in a weak or pale or languid manner |
| Meaning | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress. | |
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| Example | "her wan face suddenly flushed" | |
| Synonyms | pale, pallid | |
| Broader | colorless, colourless | Weak in color |
| Spanish | pálido | |
| Nouns | wanness | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
| Meaning | lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness. | |
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| Example | "a wan smile" | |
| Broader | unanimated | not animated or enlivened |
| Meaning | A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network. | |
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| Synonym | wide area network | |
| Broader | computer network | (computer science) a network of computers |
| Spanish | red de área amplia | |
| Catalan | xarxa de llarg abast | |
| Meaning | Become pale and sickly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | sicken, come down | Get sick |
| Catalan | empalidir, traspostar-se | |
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