as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
paramedics knew she was in shock because she was ashy and shaking
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Recent Examples of ashy
From the east, everything looked blue — ashy, cool-toned silhouettes of what still stood.
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Loren Elliott, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The skin may look dull, ashy, flaky, or have a sandpaper-like texture.2
This dryness can spread across the arms, legs, or upper body.
—Health, 11 May 2025
The lightweight, fragrance-free lotion leaves a soft, invisible finish that isn’t greasy or ashy, and it’s boosted with five antioxidants, including vitamin E and C, to defend against long-term UV damage.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 May 2025
Finally, dark vanilla sundae blonde combines the best of dark blonde: ashy tones and low-maintenance balayage.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 22 May 2025
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Loren Elliott, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The skin may look dull, ashy, flaky, or have a sandpaper-like texture.2
This dryness can spread across the arms, legs, or upper body.
—Health, 11 May 2025
The lightweight, fragrance-free lotion leaves a soft, invisible finish that isn’t greasy or ashy, and it’s boosted with five antioxidants, including vitamin E and C, to defend against long-term UV damage.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 May 2025
Finally, dark vanilla sundae blonde combines the best of dark blonde: ashy tones and low-maintenance balayage.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashy
Adjective
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Smith’s skin took on a new color, one more pallid with a blue, purple undertone.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 May 2025
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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
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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The beach itself is a long curve of pale sand that stays shallow for quite a distance—ideal for wading and water games.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Ashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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