ASHEN
What does "ASHEN" mean?
Pale grey, as if drained of color, especially from shock or fear.
Meanings
- Of a pale, greyish color, like ashes; drained of color. She went ashen when she read the telegram.
- Resembling or consisting of ashes. An ashen film coated everything downwind of the volcano.
- Made of or relating to the wood of the ash tree. He gripped the ashen handle of the old axe. archaic
Word origin
From Old English 'æscen'; the color sense derives from 'ash' (the residue of fire), while the wood sense comes from 'ash', the tree - two unrelated Old English words that converged in spelling.
Remember it
ASHEN = ASH + EN; turning a noun like ASH into an adjective with '-EN', just as 'wood' becomes 'wooden'.
A little poem
All color withdrew
to some far inner room-
the face left, a hearth.
haiku
What it teaches
The body confesses before the mouth does; an ashen face has already told the truth.
Quick facts
What does ASHEN mean?
Pale grey, as if drained of color, especially from shock or fear.
Is ASHEN a valid word?
Yes — ASHEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ASHEN?
ASHEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ASHEN come from?
From Old English 'æscen'; the color sense derives from 'ash' (the residue of fire), while the wood sense comes from 'ash', the tree - two unrelated Old English words that converged in spelling.
What can ASHEN teach us?
The body confesses before the mouth does; an ashen face has already told the truth.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.