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Definitions for Wan

[1] of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
[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.
[4] Archaic . dark or gloomy. pale in color or hue.
[5] to become or make wan.
[6] a simple past tense of win1.
[7] wide-area network.
[8] unnaturally pale esp from sickness, grief, etc
[9] characteristic or suggestive of ill health, unhappiness, etc
[10] (of light, stars, etc) faint or dim
[11] to make or become wan
[12] wide area network
[13] Nigeria (international car registration)

Words related to Wan

pasty, dim, blanched, faint, worn, peaked, white, pale, haggard, anemic, ashen, bloodless, cadaverous, feeble, ghastly, ineffective, ineffectual, livid, pallid

Words nearby Wan

wampish, wampum, wampumpeag, wampus, wamus, wan, wan2tlk, wanamaker, wanaque, wanchancy, wanchüan

Origin of Wan

1before 900; Middle English; Old English wann dark, gloomy

Words that may be confused with Wan

one, wan, won

Other words from Wan

wan·ly , adverb
wan·ness , noun

Word origin for Wan

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

Synonyms for Wan

blanched, bleached, dim, discolored, faint, haggard, pale, pasty, peaked, white, worn, anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, bloodless, cadaverous, feeble, forceless, ghastly, ineffective, ineffectual, livid, pallid, sickly, washed-out, waxen