Synonyms of ashen

ashen

adjective

ˈa-shən 

as in pallid

lacking a healthy skin color

still looking ashen from his bout with the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pallid
• pale
• paled
• ashy
• cadaverous
• pasty
• blanched
• doughy
• wan
• livid
• mealy
• sick
• lurid
• sallow
• white
• waxen
• peaked
• waxy
• sickly
• whitened
• anemic
• untanned
• bloodless
• sallowish
• white-faced
• whey-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• red
• ruddy
• rosy
• sanguine
• florid
• glowing
• flush
• blooming
• pink
• rubicund
• full-blooded
• flushed
• blushing

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of ashen

Perhaps the warmest shade of ash brown in the bunch, this ashen chestnut looks insanely flattering on warm-toned skin types. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024

An ashen corpse drops to the ground, and the dictator moves on with ease, ready to discuss war tactics with his men. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024

But before rebuilding can begin and before that fuller history can be fashioned, priceless pieces of Lahaina’s history that survived the fire must be saved from the ashen landscape. —Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023

The effect was to attune the eye to subtle contrasts—the way a gown juxtaposed shiny pewter satin with matte taffeta in a similar hue, or a pair of sequinned ombré trousers changed from charcoal at the hip to faintly ashen at the hem. —Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023