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Synonyms for ashen


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ash-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæʃ ən

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Définition of ashen

Origin :
  • "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).
  • adj gray
Example sentences :
  • Slowly, faintly, the colour crept back into that ashen face.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • From red that she had been, she was now ashen under her rouge.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • She stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she could speak.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • At noon there was no sunshine, only a wan, ashen light that suffused the sky.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • My face must have been ashen, for Sam put a hand on my shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The third was of an ashen colour throughout: this was Paleness!
  • Extract from : « The Infernal Marriage » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • "It is lost forever," he said, with an ashen cheek and a quiver in his stern voice.
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Germany » by Various
  • His eyes were becoming glassy and his sallow cheeks were of an ashen hue.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • He put his hand down to turn an ashen branch into the heart of the fire.
  • Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
  • She saw his hands withdrawn, and she saw his ashen lips part slowly.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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