as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
paramedics knew she was in shock because she was ashy and shaking
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Recent Examples of ashy
On Friday afternoon, McCurdy was tired and frustrated, waiting at the blockade, the air ashy.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Hours later, Wootton’s family was eating dinner and watching the news when Reiner burst through the door, covered head to toe in thick, ashy soot.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
The main difference is that talc is now absent in its formula to make ashy finishes a thing of the past for deeper skin tones.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed, many of them homes and businesses that are reduced to ashy foundation footprints.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Hours later, Wootton’s family was eating dinner and watching the news when Reiner burst through the door, covered head to toe in thick, ashy soot.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
The main difference is that talc is now absent in its formula to make ashy finishes a thing of the past for deeper skin tones.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 23 Jan. 2025
More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed, many of them homes and businesses that are reduced to ashy foundation footprints.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashy
Adjective
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Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.—
Karen Dobos,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The horizon is low and the pale blue sky occupies most of the monumental canvas.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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While this is being portrayed as the return of the dire wolf, these animals are primarily a variant of gray wolves, as many of the genetic changes that create their large size and pale coat already exist in some gray wolf populations.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Ashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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