Meaning

4 senses
  1. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

    An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.

    eschen

    я́сеневыйjásenevyj

    made of wood of the ash tree

  2. Of or resembling ashes.

    A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.

    aschig

    пе́пельныйpépelʹnyj

  3. Ash-colored; pale; anemic

    His ashen face belied his claims of good health.

    се́рыйséryj, пе́пельныйpépelʹnyj

  4. Appalled; upset.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. We were worried about her ashen appearance.

  2. Mary's face looked ashen in the firelight.

  3. I was taken aback by his ashen complexion.

  4. The dragon breathed fire and exhaled its sooty ashen remains.

  5. On Ash Wednesday, priest draw ashen crosses on their parishioners foreheads.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
made of ash-wood:
of or resembling ashes:
ash-colored; pale:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
made of ash-wood:
of or resembling ashes:

Origin

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), e

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English æsċen (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash + -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).

From Middle English asshen, axen (“ash-colored; pale; lifeless”). By surface analysis, ash + -en (“made or consisting of”).

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Forms

more ashen, most ashen
Comparativemore ashen Lesson
Superlativemost ashen Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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