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wan

adjective
  1. Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness: careworn, drawn, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, worn. See tired
  2. Lacking color: ashen, ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, waxen. See colors
verb
To lose normal coloration; turn pale: blanch, bleach, etiolate, pale. See colors

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