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wan

/wɒn/adjective

उच्चारण वॉन

पीला, फीका, कमज़ोर

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    looking pale and weak

    पीला, फीका, कमज़ोर

    • a wan face after the illness
    • a wan smile
    • Her wan face worried the doctor.
    + 2 more examples
    • He gave a wan smile as he left the hospital.
    • The child looked wan after a week of fever.

    Synonyms pale pallid ashen pasty sickly

    Opposite flushed rosy ruddy healthy

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

pale pallid ashen pasty sickly

Antonyms

flushed rosy ruddy healthy

AaSpelling

Wan, with -an (not 'wane', which means to become smaller or weaker: 'the moon wanes').

Wan, अंत में -an ('wane' नहीं, जिसका अर्थ छोटा या कमज़ोर होना है: 'the moon wanes')।

?Which word?

Keep the pale words together: wan (pale and tired-looking), pallid (pale and unhealthy), ashen (very pale, from shock), pasty (pale and unhealthy, informal), sallow (yellowish and unhealthy).

पीलेपन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: wan (पीला और थका दिखने वाला), pallid (पीला और अस्वस्थ), ashen (सदमे से बहुत पीला), pasty (पीला और अस्वस्थ, अनौपचारिक), sallow (पीलापन लिए अस्वस्थ)।

§Grammar and usage

The opposite rosy or ruddy means red and healthy.

विपरीत rosy या ruddy का अर्थ लाल और स्वस्थ है।