What is the meaning of ashen?

adjective

  • Anemic looking from illness or emotion.
    • usage: "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips... Livid with the hue of death- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"
  • Made of wood of the ash tree. .
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