wan
wan · wanner · wannest
блідий
бледный
matt, fahl
Pale, sickly-lookingPale, sickly-looking.
UK/wɒn/US/wɑn/
Meaning
3 sensesPale, sickly-looking.
fahl, matt
бле́дныйblédnyj
блідийblidyj
Dim, faint.
fahl, matt
Bland, uninterested.
A wan expression
More definitions
- lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
- abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruiseFrom Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English wann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”). The meaning and sense has been attributed to influence from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *wasnos (cf. Welsh gwan. Irish fann).
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Forms
wanner, wannestSynonyms
79 synonymsAntonyms
25 antonymscolorfulA2colorificcolouryaurora-colored (US) / aurora-colouredcolorful (US) / colourfuldiscolored [⇒ thesaurus] (USobsolete) / discolouredkaleidoscopicmany-colouredmotleyC1multichromaticmulticolor (US) / multicolourmulticolored (US) / multicolouredmulticolorous
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form