ASHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ashen mean? 

• ASHEN (adjective)
  The adjective ASHEN has 2 senses:

1. anemic looking from illness or emotion

2. made of wood of the ash tree

  Familiarity information: ASHEN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASHEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anemic looking from illness or emotion

Synonyms:

ashen; blanched; bloodless; livid; white

Context example:

a face white with rage

Similar:

colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Made of wood of the ash tree

Similar:

woody (made of or containing or resembling wood)

 Context examples 

He raised his hand and pointed to the bed, and his iron face was drawn and ashen white.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Come, said Silver, struggling with his ashen lips to get the word out; this won't do.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

With an ashen face the white-aproned host came running at his call, his hands shaking and his very hair bristling with apprehension.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I cannot, and I will not, believe it!” cried the banker with an ashen face.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she could speak.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Our visitor’s face had turned ashen grey as he listened to the words of his accuser.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As she had spoken, I watched the Professor's face, and saw it turn ashen grey.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At this crowning insult the sompnour, with a face ashen with rage, raised up a quivering hand and began pouring Latin imprecations upon the angry alderman.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His tangled beard, grizzled hair, and outstanding, drooping eyebrows combined to give an air of dignity and power to his appearance, but his face was of an ashen white, while his lips and the corners of his nostrils were tinged with a shade of blue.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The faces of the others were set and Harker's grew ashen grey; perhaps he guessed better than any of us what was coming.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)