wan
/wɑn/
adjective
- Pale and looking sick or tired.
- The patient looked wan under the bright hospital lights.
- After the long illness, her face was wan and thin.
- He gave a wan smile, too exhausted to laugh.
- Lacking brightness or color; dim or faint.
- The wan light of the winter sun barely lit the room.
- A wan moon hung low in the sky.
- The colors in the old photograph had become wan and faded.