ashen
pronunciation
How to pronounce ashen in British English:
UK [ˈæʃn]
How to pronounce ashen in American English:
US [ˈæʃən]
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- Adjective:
- ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion
- made of wood of the ash tree
Word Origin
- ashen (adj.)
- "made of ash wood," c. 1300; see ash (n.2) + -en (2); meaning "ash-colored, whitish-gray, deadly pale" is 1808, from ash (n.1).
Example
- 1. Joan collapsed , pale and trembling , her face ashen .
- 2. One day a few weeks later , bill came home absolutely ashen .
- 3. An ever so slight flush under the ashen mask of her face seemed to conceal a burning nervous lucidity in which there was not even necessity for solace .
- 4. The motorman 's lips were as gray as his face , and that was ashen gray ; and he shook and staggered from the superhuman effort he had put forth to stop his car .
- 5. Instead , with hallow eyes and an ashen face , he replied , " because no one wants to die . "