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
As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
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J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2025
His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
—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
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J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2025
His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashen
Adjective
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County plans acknowledged potential harm to pallid bats native to the area and called for installing bat boxes to offer them an alternative habitat.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Tallow or beef fat is usually pale, off-white, sometimes yellow: complexion was a key sign of chlorosis, which was named with a Greek word meaning pale, pallid, or yellow-green.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The heiress and entrepreneur has a princess moment in a romantic pale pink gown with floral appliqués and a matching cape.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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These figures, while shocking, unfortunately pale in comparison to those from the recent war, now widely recognized as a genocide.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Ashen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashen. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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