wan
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become pale and sickly
Types & categories
- sicken hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
the pale light of a half moon
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
the pallid face of the invalid
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
a wan smile
Related & opposite
- unanimated similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pallidity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | weak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paleness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | colorless |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unanimated |