wan

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - verb

become pale and sickly
• Hypernyms:
sicken, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

II - adjective

1. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness;
dim or feeble (Freq. 1)
- the pale light of a half moon
- a pale sun
- the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
- a pallid sky
- the pale (or wan) stars
- the wan light of dawn
• Syn:
pale, pallid, sick
• Similar to:
weak
• Derivationally related forms:
paleness (for: pale)
2. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
- the pallid face of the invalid
- her wan face suddenly flushed
• Syn:
pale, pallid
• Similar to:
colorless, colourless
• Derivationally related forms:
wanness, pallidness (for: pallid), paleness (for: pale)
3. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
- a wan smile
• Similar to:
unanimated

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pale, pallid, sick, wide area network, WAN