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ash·en1

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–adjective

1.	ash-colored; gray.

2.	extremely pale; drained of color; pallid: His face was ashen.

3.	consisting of ashes.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see ash¹, -en²

]

—Synonyms 1. ashy. 2. pasty, colorless.

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ash·en2

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–adjective

1.	pertaining to the ash tree or its timber.

2.	made of wood from the ash tree.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE; see ash², -en²

]

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ash·en¹ Audio Help (āsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Consisting of ashes.
Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale: A face ashen with grief.

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ash·en² Audio Help (āsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.

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ashen

"made of ash wood," c.1300 (see ash (2)); meaning "ash-colored, whitish-gray, deadly pale" is 1808, from ash (1).

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adjective
1.	anemic looking from illness or emotion; "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"
2.	made of wood of the ash tree

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ˈashen adjective

(of someone's face etc) very pale with shock etc

Arabic:	شاحِب
Chinese (Simplified):	苍白的
Chinese (Traditional):	蒼白的
Czech:	bledý
Danish:	askegrå
Dutch:	asgrauw
Estonian:	tuhakarva
Finnish:	tuhkanharmaa
French:	terreux
German:	aschfahl
Greek:	κάτωχρος
Hungarian:	hamuszürke
Icelandic:	náfölur
Indonesian:	pucat
Italian:	cinereo

Japanese:	青ざめた
Korean:	재의, 창백한
Latvian:	pelnu-; pelnu pelēks
Lithuanian:	papilkėjęs, išblyškęs
Norwegian:	askegrå
Polish:	popielaty, szary
Portuguese (Brazil):	cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):	cinzento
Romanian:	pământiu
Russian:	мертвенно-бледный
Slovak:	bledý, popolavý
Slovenian:	prsten, bled
Spanish:	ceniciento, pálido
Swedish:	askgrå
Turkish:	kül rengi, rengi uçmuş