ashen
1ash-colored; gray.
extremely pale; drained of color; pallid: His face was ashen.
consisting of ashes.
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Other definitions for ashen (2 of 2)
pertaining to the ash tree or its timber.
made of wood from the ash tree.
Origin of ashen
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How to use ashen in a sentence
“I turned completely ashen, completely pale,” Beck remembers.
The Intern Who Birthed The KAL007 Conspiracy Theories | Tim Mak | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey forecast an endless and ashen winter for the country that began as a brilliant idea.
Richard Hofstadter and America’s New Wave of Anti-Intellectualism | David Masciotra | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJerry Sandusky was alert but ashen as he stood at the defense table to hear his fate.
When the ashen Silda Spitzer appeared with her husband Eliot, it was the last straw.
His hair was darker—almost brown save at the temples, where age had faded it to an ashen colour.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
His face is ashen gray; the black beard is streaked with red, and blood is oozing from his neck.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanLamb saw an ashen-face bespectacled man peering around the corner of an ell.
They paused, aghast, and they turned ashen; and then in the mind of each arose the same explanation of this phenomenon.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHis good-looking young face turned to an ashen hue, and his eyes were wild and staring.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn Wells
British Dictionary definitions for ashen (1 of 2)
/ (ˈæʃən) /
drained of colour; pallid
consisting of or resembling ashes
of a pale greyish colour
British Dictionary definitions for ashen (2 of 2)
/ (ˈæʃən) /
of, relating to, or made from the ash tree or its timber
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