wan
won
- n a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
- v become pale and sickly
- s (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
the pale (or wan) stars
the wan light of dawn - s abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
her wan face suddenly flushed - s lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
a wan smile
- K'wan's reading audience is loyal--he has more than 400,000 books in print.
- As this and other satiric bits ricocheted through a Statler Hilton dining room, John Kennedy's smile seemed wan.
- Down at the Clinton Presidential Library dedication he worried about Clinton's wan look and counseled him privately to go easy on the travel.