ashen-faced

ashen-faced
Having a pallor (pale face) due to fear or similar emotion

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  • ashen-faced — ADJ Someone who is ashen faced looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened. Beside her, Grace sat ashen faced, complaining of feeling sick …   English dictionary

  • ashen-faced — /ˈæʃən feɪst/ (say ashuhn fayst) adjective extremely white in the face as from sickness, emotion, etc …  

  • ashen — I. /ˈæʃən / (say ashuhn) adjective 1. ash coloured; grey: ashen faced. 2. consisting of ashes. {ash1 + en2} II. /ˈæʃən / (say ashuhn) adjective 1. relating to the ash tree or its timber. 2. made of wood from the ash tree. { …  

  • Ashen-Shugar/Tomas — is a fictional character from the Riftwar Cycle series of books by Raymond E. Feist, which take place in the fictional world of Midkemia. According to the books, Tomas, a teenager from the city of Crydee, was gifted a set of gold and white armour …   Wikipedia

  • ashen — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, adust, aghast, anemic, appalled, ashy, astounded, awed, awestricken, awestruck, blanched, bleached, bled white, blistered, bloodless, burned, burnt, burnt up, cadaverous,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ashen — adjective an ashen complexion Syn: pale, wan, pasty, gray, ashy, colorless, sallow, pallid, anemic, white, waxen, ghostly, pale faced, bloodless; rare etiolated, lymphatic See note at pale II 2 …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ashen — adj 1. gray, grayish, silver, silvery, grayish white, ashy, ash colored, light; blanched, bleached, whitened, hueless, colorless, faded, washed out. 2. pale, pale faced, ghastly, ghostly, ghostlike; pallid, sallow, sallowish, wan, deathlike,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • green — 1. adjective 1) a green scarf Syn: viridescent; olive, jade, pea green, emerald (green), lime (green), sea green; literary virescent, glaucous 2) a green island Syn: verdant, grassy, leafy …   Thesaurus of popular words

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