waxlike

ADJECTIVE

pale

Synonyms

STRONG

blanched bleached dim dull faded faint gray haggard pasty poor sallow sick thin wan white

WEAK

anemic ashen ashy bloodless cadaverous colorless deathlike doughy feeble ghastly inadequate ineffective ineffectual insubstantial livid lurid pallid sickly spectral unsubstantial washed-out waxen weak whitish

Antonyms

STRONG

bright clear colored colorful dark distinct flushed happy healthy heavy intelligent light smart strong

WEAK

glowing radiant

ADJECTIVE

waterish

Synonyms

WEAK

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 watery waxen weak white whitish

Example Sentences

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It was wrapped in a waxlike paper and clear plastic wrap and was hidden in the lining of the baggage.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

In the mid-1800s, on an oil well in Pennsylvania, a worker found a gooey waxlike substance forming on the equipment.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2019

Afternoons, he went for a drive, his gaunt, waxlike face frozen into an eerie smile.

From Time Magazine Archive

They found that ethylene. a hydrocarbon gas, turned into a white, waxlike solid when subjected to high pressures.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pale, waxlike body was wearing nothing but a pair of blue underpants, and his blond hair was frozen to the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

waxlike

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