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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wan

    Synonyms:
    pale, livid, lurid, dusky, bloodless, haggard

    Antonyms:
    fresh-colored, lively, bright, incarnadine, sanguine, chubby

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wide area network, WANadjective

    a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network

    Synonyms:
    wide area network

    Antonyms:
    alive, colourful, strong, animated, colorful

  2. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

    (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

    "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"

    Synonyms:
    queasy, sickish, pale, mad, unhinged, sick(p), sick, ghastly, grisly, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

    Antonyms:
    alive, strong, animated, colorful, colourful

  3. pale, pallid, wanadjective

    abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

    "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"

    Synonyms:
    pallid, pale, sick

    Antonyms:
    strong, colourful, alive, animated, colorful

  4. wanverb

    lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness

    "a wan smile"

    Synonyms:
    pallid, pale, sick

    Antonyms:
    animated, alive, colourful, strong, colorful

  5. wanverb

    become pale and sickly

    Antonyms:
    animated, colorful, alive, colourful, strong

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wanadjective

    Synonyms:
    pale, pallid, cadaverous, ashy, of a sickly hue

  2. wanverb

    Synonyms:
    turn pale, grow pale

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "wan":

    bay, wans, beach, cove, gulf

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wan

    Synonyms:
    Pill-Chinese medicine, see there

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  1. WAN

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How to use wan in a sentence?

  1. Nipsey Hussle:

    I wan na encourage other artists to let others know how you feel about them. ... Show somebody some love, tell somebody you love their music.

  2. Kawhi Leonard:

    It means a lot to me. Words can't even explain, i wan na thank Kobe for everything he's done for me. All the long talks and workouts, this one is for him.

  3. Gavin Eugene Long:

    If y’ all wan na keep protesting, do that, but for the serious ones, the real ones, the alpha ones, we know what it’s going to take. It’s only fighting back of money, that’s all they care about, revenue and blood. Revenue and blood. Revenue and blood. Revenue and blood. Nothing else.

  4. Kris Jenner:

    I used to have a house like this when I was Stormi's age... This makes me wan na cry.

  5. De La Hoya:

    I am actually very, very serious, and I strongly feel that if a Kanye West can do it and announce and maybe tease the world that Canelo Alvarez would maybe one day wan na run for president, why not me ? .


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