All waxlike synonyms

adjective waxlike

• blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
• bleached — made lighter in colour
• dim — DIM statement
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• faded — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
• faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
• gray — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
• haggard — having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
• pasty — of or like paste in consistency, texture, color, etc.
• poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
• sallow — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
• sick — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
• thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
• 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.
• anemic — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
• anaemic — Someone who is anaemic suffers from anaemia.
• ashen — Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
• ashy — of a pale greyish colour; ashen
• bloodless — A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed.
• cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
• colourless — Something that is colourless has no colour at all.
• colorless — Something that is colorless has no color at all.
• deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
• doughy — of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby: a doughy consistency; a fat, doughy face.
• feeble — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
• ghastly — shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
• inadequate — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
• ineffective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
• ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
• insubstantial — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
• livid — having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
• lurid — gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
• pallid — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
• sickly — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
• spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
• unsubstantial — not substantial; having no foundation in fact; fanciful; insubstantial: an unsubstantial argument; unsubstantial hopes.
• washed-out — faded, especially from washing.
• waxen — pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax: a wax candle; a wax doll.
• weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
• whitish — somewhat white; tending to white.
• 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.
• watery — pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.
• susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
• impressible — capable of being impressed; impressionable.
• affectable — having the ability to be influenced or affected by something
• affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
• feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
• influenceable — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• ingenuous — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.