: resembling ashes (as in color)
especially
: deathly pale
a face ashen and haggard
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still looking ashen from his bout with the flu
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Planted into the ashen soil, the future forest continues to need human help: soil amendments, watering, weeding, protection from hungry animals and more.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
His skin is ashen, eyes fixed on the middle distance.
—Glenn Thrush Carlos Javier Ortiz, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Perhaps the warmest shade of ash brown in the bunch, this ashen chestnut looks insanely flattering on warm-toned skin types.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
The cruelest consolation for an innocent life made ashen before her time.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Planted into the ashen soil, the future forest continues to need human help: soil amendments, watering, weeding, protection from hungry animals and more.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
His skin is ashen, eyes fixed on the middle distance.
—Glenn Thrush Carlos Javier Ortiz, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Perhaps the warmest shade of ash brown in the bunch, this ashen chestnut looks insanely flattering on warm-toned skin types.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Ashen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashen. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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