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Adjective: wan (wanner,wannest)  wón
  1. (of a person) abnormally lacking in colour, suggesting physical or emotional shock or ill health
    "her wan face suddenly flushed";
    - pale, pallid
     
  2. Lacking vitality as from weariness, illness or unhappiness
    "a wan smile"
     
  3. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
    "the wan stars";
    - pale, pallid, sick
Verb: wan (wanned,wanning)  wón
  1. Become pale and sickly
    "Her face wanned as she heard the bad news"
Noun: WAN
  1. A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
    "The company connected its offices via a WAN";
    - wide area network

Derived forms: wanned, wanner, wannest, wanning, wans, WANs

See also: colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], unanimated, weak

Type of: come down, computer network, sicken

Encyclopedia: Wan, Kurdistan

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