ASHEN Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

ashen

adjective

ˈa-shən

Definition of ashen next

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 Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color. —

Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026 Though ashen, the convex steel form still resonates to the rhythmic thump of her hands. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026 This hadn’t mattered for some time, because the creek was dry, the creek was ashen. —

Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025 But on one of our last days, the ashen sky cracked open to reveal fragments of a cerulean canvas. —

Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ashen

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Adjective

Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats.

— Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.

— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026