Synonyms for wanness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : won

Phonetic Transcription : wɒn

Définition of wanness

Origin : Old English wann "dark, lacking luster," later "leaden, pale, gray," of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to wane.

As in pallor : noun paleness

Example sentences :

There was a wanness, a heaviness of aspect, that made him look ten years older.
Extract from : « Lover or Friend » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

It was the last phase, the feebleness, the wanness, the inertia!
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

Vague lines of wanness betrayed the place of the cement walks.
Extract from : « Prairie Gold » by Various

Since that little cloud was dispelled all the temporary waste and wanness have vanished.
Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront

She saw no talons or beak, but a wanness which, indeed, suggested a skeleton.
Extract from : « The Way of the Gods » by John Luther Long

She had been once eminently handsome, and but for the wanness and hollowness of her face, would have appeared so still.
Extract from : « The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales » by Francis A. Durivage

The ghastly little skull-cap showed forth its wanness rigidly.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

There was exertion about every move of his body, the wanness and effort of vanished vitality; he balanced himself carefully.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

His forehead was high, and his temples broad; and he had a paleness in his complexion almost to wanness.
Extract from : « Byron » by Richard Edgcumbe

About his large bright eyes that used to be so merry there was a wanness and a restlessness that changed them altogether.
Extract from : « Bleak House » by Charles Dickens

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