ashen (Meaning)

Wordnet

ashen (s)

anemic looking from illness or emotion

made of wood of the ash tree

Webster

ashen (a.)

Of or pertaining to the ash tree.

Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.

Webster

ashen (n.)

obs. pl. for Ashes.

ashen Sentence Examples

  1. The pallor of her face turned ashen when she heard the terrible news.
  2. The sky took on an ashen hue as smoke billowed from the burning building.
  3. His ashen complexion betrayed his illness, causing concern among his friends.
  4. The once vibrant flowers in the garden now lay wilted and ashen after the harsh winter frost.
  5. She wore an ashen expression, overcome with grief at the loss of her beloved pet.
  6. The firefighter emerged from the burning building, his clothes covered in soot, his face ashen with exhaustion.
  7. The ashen remains of the campfire smoldered long after the campers had left.
  8. The ashen clouds loomed ominously overhead, signaling an approaching storm.
  9. His ashen hands trembled as he reached for the photograph of his departed loved one.
  10. The ashen landscape bore the scars of the wildfire that had swept through the area.

FAQs About the word ashen

anemic looking from illness or emotion, made of wood of the ash treeOf or pertaining to the ash tree., Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between b

paled, pale,pallid, livid, sick, wan, doughy, sallow,ashy, cadaverous

flush, glowing, ruddy, sanguine, glowing,red, sanguine, rosy, rosy, florid

The pallor of her face turned ashen when she heard the terrible news.

The sky took on an ashen hue as smoke billowed from the burning building.

His ashen complexion betrayed his illness, causing concern among his friends.

The once vibrant flowers in the garden now lay wilted and ashen after the harsh winter frost.