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ASHEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anemic looking from illness or emotion
Example:
a face white with rage
Synonyms:
ashen; blanched; bloodless; livid; white
Classified under:
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made of wood of the ash tree
Classified under:
Similar:
woody (made of or containing or resembling wood)
Context examples:
Sir Nigel rode his great black war-horse at the head of his archers, dressed in full armor, with Black Simon bearing his banner behind him, while Alleyne at his bridle-arm carried his blazoned shield and his well-steeled ashen spear.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about . . . like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"Oh, sure," agreed Wilson hurriedly and went toward the little office, mingling immediately with the cement color of the walls. A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity—except his wife, who moved close to Tom.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
