ashen
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈæʃən/
- Archaic
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ceniciento
- The sky turned a dull shade of ashen as the storm approached, casting a gray pall over the landscape.
- ashen sky
Examples
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Outside, the sky was ashen and the rain had slowed to a steady mist.
Fiction book (2000) -
A tanned face, clear eyes, and ashen-blonde hair.
Fiction book (1994) -
Graham is a folk singer with an ashen beard, not a shoutcaster.
Blog text (18) -
John Ireland stared at their knees and elbows, where the skin was thick and ashen.
Fiction book (1991) -
The mountains wavering up from every horizon around Wickenburg looked ashen and dumpy.
Fiction book (1993) -
Distant mountains huddle shoulder to shoulder like conspirators, their peaks lost in ashen clouds.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sara, whose dark brown roots were beginning to intrude rudely on her otherwise ashen mane, was helpful with the dishes and attentive to her grandmother.
Fiction book (1997) -
The ashen remnants of the campfire covered the ground, a reminder of the warmth that once was.
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After the fire ravaged the forest, the trees stood like ashen silhouettes against the cloudy sky.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ashen originally meant 'made of ash', the wood from the ash tree, so it was used for things like chairs or beams that come from that pale, strong wood.