Meaning & use
Waxen
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Made of or resembling wax, especially pale, smooth, or stiff in appearance.
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The patient's waxen complexion worried the nurses.
Rows of waxen figures stood in the museum's famous exhibit.
A note on using this word
Waxen is often used figuratively to describe unhealthy pale skin, evoking the smooth, lifeless look of wax.
Words with a similar meaning
pallidwax-like
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Words with an opposite meaning
ruddyflushed
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