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waxen

Main Entry:
waxen [wak-suhn]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: waxlike
Synonyms: wax-covered, waxy
Main Entry: waxen
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pale
Synonyms: ashen, blanched, ghostly, pallid, pasty, white, whitish
Main Entry: wax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become large, fuller
Synonyms: augment, become, build, come, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, fill out, get bigger, get to, grow, grow full, heighten, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, rise, run, swell, turn, upsurge
Notes: wane means to gradually decrease in strength or size, while wax means to increase in size or strength
Antonyms: shrink
Main Entry: colorless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without hue
Synonyms: achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bleached, cadaverous, doughy, drab, dull, faded, flat, ghastly, livid, lurid, neutral, pale, sickly, uncolored, wan, washed out, waxen, white
Antonyms: brilliant, colored, colorful, motley, rich, stimulating, vibrant, vivid
Main Entry: livid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pale, ashen
Synonyms: ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, discolored, dusky, gloomy, greyish, grisly, leaden, lurid, murky, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen
Notes: lurid means horrible in fierceness or savagery or glaringly graphic, while livid means very angry or furious
Antonyms: blushing, brilliant, flushed, radiant, rosy
Main Entry: pale
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: light in color or effect
Synonyms: anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, deathlike, dim, doughy, dull, faded, faint, feeble, ghastly, gray, haggard, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, insubstantial, livid, lurid, pallid, pasty, poor, sallow, sick, sickly, spectral, thin, unsubstantial, wan, washed-out, waxen, waxlike, weak, white, whitish
Notes: a pail is a bucket while pale means whitish in complexion or very light colored
Antonyms: bright, colorful, glowing, radiant
Main Entry: pasty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pale
Synonyms: anemic, ashen, bloodless, dull, pallid, sallow, sickly, unhealthy, wan, waxen
Antonyms: blushing, flushed, healthy, vivid
Main Entry: wan
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: colorless, weak
Synonyms: anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, dim, discolored, faint, feeble, forceless, ghastly, haggard, ineffective, ineffectual, livid, pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, sickly, washed-out, waxen, white, worn
Antonyms: colorful, flushed, strong
Main Entry: white
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extremely pale; lacking color
Synonyms: achromatic, achromic, alabaster, ashen, blanched, bleached, bloodless, chalky, clear, fair, frosted, ghastly, hoary, immaculate, ivory, light, milky, neutral, pallid, pasty, pearly, silver, silvery, snowy, transparent, wan, waxen
Antonyms: black, dark, dirty
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