Synonyms for ashy
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Ashen — resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong…
ashen, pallid, pale, grey UK, gray US, wan, livid, neutral, cinereous, cadaverous, cineraceous, sallow, colorless US, colourless UK, ghastly, blanched, bloodless
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
Related words
- Phrases
- ashy woodswallow
Example sentences
- grey My friend disappeared like a grey mule in the fog.
- pale I said to her, "You look pale. Are you all right?"
- ashen We were worried about her ashen appearance.
- pallid The pallid cypresses seemed to twist in febrile pain.
By length
- 3 letters
- wan1
- 4 letters
- grey1, gray1, pale1
- 5 letters
- livid2, ashen2
- 6 letters
- pallid2, sallow
- 7 letters
- neutral2, ghastly2
- 8 letters
- blanched
- 9 letters
- colorless3, bloodless2, cinereous
- 10 letters
- colourless, cadaverous
- 11 letters
- cineraceous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (livid2 = 2 syllables).