Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)wanbecome pale and sickly Adjectives
(s)pale, pallid, wan, sick(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble“the pale light of a half moon”,
“a pale sun”,
“the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street”,
“a pallid sky”,
“the pale (or wan) stars”,
“the wan light of dawn” (s)pale, pallid, wanabnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress“the pallid face of the invalid”,
“her wan face suddenly flushed” (s)wanlacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness“a wan smile”