We found 3 definitions of wans from 2 different sources.
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wan - become pale and sickly | ||
sicken, come down get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" | ||
Adjectivewan, wanner, wannest |
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wan - lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" | ||
wan - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" | ||
pale, pallid | ||
colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful | ||
wan - (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" | ||
pale, pallid, sick | ||
weak deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind" |