ashen

/'æʃn/
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ashen

His face turned ashen when he heard the shocking news.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Pale, grayish, or resembling ashes in color: Describes something that has the color of ashes, typically a pale gray or whitish-gray hue.
    • Extremely pale from illness, fear, or strong emotion: Describes a person's complexion that has lost its normal color, becoming very pale or white, often due to shock, fear, or sickness.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The ashen sky before the storm was an ominous sight. (The sky had a pale gray color.)
    • Her face turned ashen when she heard the terrible news. (Her face became extremely pale from shock.)
    • The ashen remains of the fire were scattered by the wind. (The remains had the gray color of ashes.)
Advanced Usage
  • "ashen-faced": Having a very pale face, typically due to shock or illness. (Note: This is a compound adjective listed separately as a variant.)
    • The ashen-faced witness could barely speak.
  • Literary/Descriptive Use: Often used in literature to vividly describe pallor or a lifeless color.
    • He looked at her with ashen eyes, devoid of all hope.
Variants and Related Words
  • Ashen-faced (adj): Having a face that is ashen; very pale.
  • Ash (n): The powdery residue left after burning, which gives the color.
  • Ashy (adj): Covered with or resembling ash; can also describe a similar pale gray color, especially in skin tone.
Synonyms
  • Pallid: Unnaturally pale, especially from illness.
  • Wan: Pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.
  • Livid: Furiously angry; can also mean dark bluish-gray or pale from emotion (archaic/literary usage for paleness).
  • Blanched: Made white or pale.
  • Bloodless: Lacking blood or color; pale.
Idioms and Fixed Phrases
  • (To turn/go/become) ashen: A common phrase describing the sudden change in someone's complexion to a deathly pale color.
    • His expression went ashen the moment he opened the letter.
ashen

His face turned ashen when he heard the shocking news.

Adjective
  1. made of wood of the ash tree
  2. 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

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