Ashen
ash-colored; gray.
extremely pale; drained of color; pallid:
his face was ashen.
consisting of .
pertaining to the tree or its timber.
made of wood from the tree.
contemporary examples
jerry sandusky was alert but ashen as he stood at the defense table to hear his fate.
sandusky guilty verdict: what’s next for jerry diane dimond june 22, 2012
when the ashen silda spitzer appeared with her husband eliot, it was the last straw.
weinergate: men will always cheat kay hymowitz june 16, 2011
they 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 8, 2014
historical examples
he was coming downstairs with quaking legs; his face was ashen white, and he leaned heavily on the banisters.
nana, the miller’s daughter, captain burle, death of olivier becaille emile zola
slowly, faintly, the colour crept back into that ashen face.
captain blood rafael sabatini
the colour died into an ashen gray and the air grew cold, with a heaviness beside that dragged at the very soul.
by order of the company mary johnston
she stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she could speak.
the return of sherlock holmes arthur conan doyle
the subtle odor increased in intensity and the viscount’s face changed from violet to an ashen paleness.
monte-cristo’s daughter edmund flagg
at noon there was no sunshine, only a wan, ashen light that suffused the sky.
the trail of ’98 robert w. service
the true temptation of this world and flesh wears grey rags, dishevelled hair, and an ashen cheek.
nights in london thomas burke
adjective
drained of colour; pallid
consisting of or resembling ashes
of a pale greyish colour
adjective
of, relating to, or made from the ash tree or its timber
adj.
“made of ash wood,” c.1300; see ash (n.2) + -en (2); meaning “ash-colored, whitish-gray, deadly pale” is 1808, from ash (n.1).
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