Synonyms of ashen

ashen

adjective

ˈa-shən 

as in pallid

lacking a healthy skin color

still looking ashen from his bout with the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pallid
• pale
• paled
• ashy
• cadaverous
• pasty
• blanched
• doughy
• wan
• livid
• mealy
• sick
• lurid
• sallow
• white
• waxen
• peaked
• waxy
• sickly
• whitened
• anemic
• untanned
• bloodless
• sallowish
• white-faced
• whey-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• red
• ruddy
• rosy
• sanguine
• florid
• glowing
• flush
• blooming
• pink
• rubicund
• full-blooded
• flushed
• blushing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ashen

His ashen skin is snaked with circuitry, his voice flattened into the cold register of the Borg, a cybernetic collective that assimilates entire civilizations and reshapes them in its own image. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026

Warm, ashen, and almost preternaturally glossy, consider the pop star's interpretation a blueprint for the mutable color trend. — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026

The venerable monk was draped in his maroon and saffron robe, his bare feet looking ashen with dust, a few of his toes still blackened from his arduous walk. — Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026

Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026