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wan

1

[ won ]

adjective

wanner, wannest.
  1. of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color:

    His wan face suddenly flushed.

    Synonyms: ashen

    Antonyms: ruddy

  2. showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc.:

    a wan look; a wan smile.

  3. lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness:

    their wan attempts to organize the alumni.

    Synonyms: limp, ineffectual, halfhearted, weak, feeble

  4. Archaic.
    1. dark or gloomy.
    2. pale in color or hue.


verb (used with or without object)

wanned, wanning.
  1. to become or make wan.

wan

2

[ wahn ]

verb

Obsolete.
  1. a simple past tense of win 1.

WAN

3

[ wan ]

wan

1

/ wɒn /

adjective

  1. unnaturally pale esp from sickness, grief, etc
  2. characteristic or suggestive of ill health, unhappiness, etc
  3. (of light, stars, etc) faint or dim
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become wan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

WAN

2

abbreviation for

  1. wide area network
  2. Nigeria (international car registration)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

WAN

/ wăn /

  1. Short for wide area network. A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN. The Internet is a WAN.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈwanness, noun
  • ˈwanly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • wanly adverb
  • wanness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wan1

before 900; Middle English; Old English wann dark, gloomy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wan1

Old English wann dark; related to wanian to wane

Origin of wan2

From W(est) A(frica) N(igeria)
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Synonym Study

See pale 1.
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Example Sentences

With “Wickedest,” a boisterous album highlight, she laments that “Everybody want to lie, they want to fight, they want to get me / Thеy wan’ kill me … When they really don’t know me.”

The terrific Beecham is saddled with a dismal hairdo and an even more dismal role, her character simply an object of wan yearning for the drowsy John.

I chanced a wan peek out of the flounce.

If you were not eating meat in the 1990s and early 2000s, you might harbor painful memories of the wan, wet vegan dogs of yesteryear.

From Salon

When we drove by the family home, I tasted her cabbage omelet and the gong wan that she made from scratch.

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