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- Dictionaryashen/ˈaʃn/
adjective
- 1. (of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness: "Eleanor's ashen face"
- 2. of or resembling ashes: literary "the ashen colour of the landscape"
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Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened. He was ashen and trembling. He fell back, shocked, his face ashen.
(of a person’s face) looking pale and gray from illness, shock, or fear. (Definition of ashen from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ashen.
(of a person’s face) looking pale and gray from illness, shock, or fear. (Definition of ashen from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ashen.
Use the word ashen to describe the pale face of someone who is shocked and upset. Your best friend might look ashen when he hears that his favorite baseball team traded its star player.
Definition of ashen adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective (1) ash· en ˈa-shən. Synonyms of ashen. : of, relating to, or made from ash wood. ashen. 2 of 2. adjective (2) : resembling ashes (as in color) especially : deathly pale. a face ashen and haggard. Synonyms. Adjective (1) ashy. blanched. cadaverous. doughy. livid. lurid. mealy. paled. pallid. pasty. peaked. wan.
1. [ ash - uh n ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. adjective. ash-colored; gray. Synonyms: ashy. extremely pale; drained of color; pallid: His face was ashen. Synonyms: colorless, pasty. consisting of ashes. ashen. 2. [ ash - uh n ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. adjective. pertaining to the ash tree or its timber. made of wood from the ash tree. ashen. 1.
A complete guide to the word "ASHEN": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Define ashen. ashen synonyms, ashen pronunciation, ashen translation, English dictionary definition of ashen. adj. 1. Consisting of ashes. 2. Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale: A face ashen with grief. adj. Of, relating to, or made from the wood of...
5 days ago · ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened) (transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become pale.
