what does ashen mean?
ASHEN as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- 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
Similar To
- Meaning
- made of wood of the ash tree
Similar To
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