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WANNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does wanness mean?

• WANNESS (noun)
The noun WANNESS has 1 sense:

1. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Familiarity information: WANNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WANNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

achromasia; lividness; paleness; pallidness; pallor; wanness; lividity; luridness

Hypernyms ("wanness" is a kind of...):

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

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