All waxen synonyms
wax·en
W w adjective waxen
- pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pallid — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- ashy — of a pale greyish colour; ashen
- wan — of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
- gray — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- pasty — of or like paste in consistency, texture, color, etc.
- sickly — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
- colorless — Something that is colorless has no color at all.
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- ghostly — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- whitish — somewhat white; tending to white.
- wax — a fit of anger; rage.
- waxy — angry.
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- soft — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.