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English adjective: waxy | |||
| 1. | waxy made of or covered with wax | ||
| Samples | Waxen candles. Careful, the floor is waxy. | ||
| Synonyms | waxen | ||
| 2. | waxy easily impressed or influenced | ||
| Samples | An impressionable youngster. An impressionable age. A waxy mind. | ||
| Synonyms | impressible, impressionable | ||
| Similar | easy, plastic, pliant, spinnable, susceptible | ||
| Antonyms | unimpressionable | ||
| 3. | waxy capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | ||
| Samples | A flexible wire. A pliant young tree. | ||
| Synonyms | bendable, pliable, pliant | ||
| Similar | flexible, flexile | ||
| Antonyms | inflexible | ||
| 4. | waxy having the paleness of wax | ||
| Samples | The poor face with the same awful waxen pallor. The soldier turned his waxlike features toward him. A thin face with a waxy paleness. | ||
| Synonyms | waxen, waxlike | ||
| Similar | colorless, colourless | ||
| Antonyms | colorful, colourful | ||
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