wan

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Pale, sickly-looking.
2. Dim, faint.
3. Bland, uninterested.

Noun

The quality of being wan; wanness.

Noun

1. Pronunciation spelling of one, representing Ireland English.
2. A girl or woman.

Verb

simple past of win.

Sinonieme

pale

pallid

sallow

ashen

faded

lurid

dull

ghastly

colourless

haggard

insipid

gaunt

washy

white

waxen

colorless

sick

🤢

impotent

lacklustre

languishing

languorous

livid

lustreless

mild

palish

pasty

puny

sappy

sickly

sleazy

slender

slimsy

softy

spiritless

tame

tarnished

tepid

thin

twiggy

underdog

underfed

waxy

weak

weary

😩

whitish

yellowish

ill-looking

raddled

untalkative

sallowish

strengthless

sinewless

unexpansive

cinereal

black

bland

bleached

dark

deathlike

dim

dingy

drab

drawn

emaciated

feeble

flat

flimsy

frail

ghostly

impossible

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wɒn/

Etimologie (Engels)

From 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”).