as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
still looking ashen from his bout with the flu
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Recent Examples of ashen
His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
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Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Metal railings or a charred brick chimney were all that remained to distinguish the ashen piles.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Blend it in with a finger, a brush, or a sponge, and voila: a summery, outdoorsy flush to keep ashen winter skin at bay.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ashen
Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Metal railings or a charred brick chimney were all that remained to distinguish the ashen piles.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Blend it in with a finger, a brush, or a sponge, and voila: a summery, outdoorsy flush to keep ashen winter skin at bay.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ashen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashen
Adjective
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Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Rickman’s Snape was almost cartoonish with his hawk nose and long, straight black hair and pallid skin.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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On a humid July afternoon, Chappell Roan is standing near the doors of a subway car, fiery red hair cloaking her pale, moonlike face.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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But even on overcast days, there’s no true darkness, just a pale, diffused glow that still feels unusual and otherworldly.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Ashen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashen. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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