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
But, according to Bremer, preventing your under eyes from looking ashy is an important step too.
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Essence, 26 July 2025
To protect against the ashy, sandy spray that coats the sides of Cerro Negro, boarders don bright orange jumpsuits and ski goggles, only adding to the next-level thrill of the experience.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The skin might also turn purple or blue in people with lighter skin tones or be gray or ashy in people with darker skin tones
Vomiting or making gurgling noises.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
And Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted in spectacular fashion on June 2, sending a group of hikers sprinting down the mountain’s flanks as ashy clouds formed behind them.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 18 June 2025
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Essence, 26 July 2025
To protect against the ashy, sandy spray that coats the sides of Cerro Negro, boarders don bright orange jumpsuits and ski goggles, only adding to the next-level thrill of the experience.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The skin might also turn purple or blue in people with lighter skin tones or be gray or ashy in people with darker skin tones
Vomiting or making gurgling noises.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
And Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted in spectacular fashion on June 2, sending a group of hikers sprinting down the mountain’s flanks as ashy clouds formed behind them.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashy
Adjective
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Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Curiosity and possibly even lust play into their first encounter; part of the welcome complexity between this pale-skinned woman of substance and this tall, equally alabaster, formerly dead drink of water is the ambiguity in their initial interactions.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 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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In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 May 2025
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“Ashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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