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waxen

/ˈwæksn/adjective

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मोम-सा पीला, पीला पड़ा हुआ

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adjective
  1. 1

    literary

    (of a face or skin) very pale, smooth and unhealthy-looking, like wax

    मोम-सा पीला, पीला पड़ा हुआ

    • The patient's face was waxen and still.
    • her waxen cheeks

    Synonyms pale pallid ashen wan sallow

    Opposite rosy ruddy flushed

  2. 2

    [usually before noun] old-fashioned

    made of wax

    मोम का बना

    • a waxen figure
◇Word family
wax noun