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ashen

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ashen

lacking a healthy skin color
  • still looking ashen from his bout with the flu
Synonyms of ashen

ashy, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, wan
Words Related to ashen

sallow, sallowish, sick, sickly, waxen, waxy

white, whitened

anemic, bloodless

untanned

whey-faced, white-faced
Near Antonyms of ashen

blushing, flushed, pink
Antonyms of ashen

blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine

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