ashen

Adjective
Synonyms: blanchedbloodlesslividwhite

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. anemic looking from illness or emotion“a face turned ashen”“the invalid's blanched cheeks”“tried to speak with bloodless lips”“a face livid with shock”“lips...livid with the hue of death — Mary W. Shelley”“lips white with terror”“a face white with rage”Synonyms: blanchedbloodlesslividwhite
  2. made of wood of the ash tree
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ashen \Ash"en\, a. [See Ash, the tree.] Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Ashen \Ash"en\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. [1913 Webster]

The ashen hue of age. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Ashen \Ash"en\, n., obs. pl. for Ashes. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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