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All waxen synonyms

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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.
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