as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
still looking ashen from his bout with the flu
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Recent Examples of ashen
His skin is ashen, eyes fixed on the middle distance.
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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
An ashen corpse drops to the ground, and the dictator moves on with ease, ready to discuss war tactics with his men.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
But before rebuilding can begin and before that fuller history can be fashioned, priceless pieces of Lahaina’s history that survived the fire must be saved from the ashen landscape.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
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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
An ashen corpse drops to the ground, and the dictator moves on with ease, ready to discuss war tactics with his men.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
But before rebuilding can begin and before that fuller history can be fashioned, priceless pieces of Lahaina’s history that survived the fire must be saved from the ashen landscape.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Ashen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashen. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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