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ashen

Syllables: ash·en/ˈæʃ.ən/

ashen adjective: made from the wood of the ash-tree.

Adjective (1)

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

  1. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
    • An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.

Adjective (2)

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

  1. Of or resembling ashes.
    • A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.
  2. Ash-colored; pale; anemic
    • His ashen face belied his claims of good health.
  3. Appalled; upset.

Verb

ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
  2. (ambitransitive) To make or become pale

ashen meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

ashen in Bengali

ফ্যাকাশে

ashen in Malayalam

pale, colourless, wan
ചാര, ചാരനിറമുള്ള, വിളറിചാരനിറമായ, വിളറിയ, വിവർണ്ണമായ, വീതരാഗ

Synonyms of ashen

Forms of ashen

Adjective
comparativemore ashen
superlativemost ashen
Verb
third-person singular presentashens
present participleashening
past participleashened
pastashened

Origin of ashen

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”).

From ash + -en (verbal suffix).

Words formed from ashen

Phrases with ashen

Words that rhyme with ashen

Questions about ashen

What does ashen mean?
Ashen means made from the wood of the ash-tree.
What is ashen in Bengali?
Ashen in Bengali is ফ্যাকাশে. See Ashen meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ashen?
Ashen can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce ashen?
Ashen is pronounced /ˈæʃ.ən/.

Words near ashen in the dictionary

  1. Ashe County
  2. Ashe juniper
  3. Ashe junipers
  4. Asheboro
  5. ashed
  6. ashen
  7. ashen knight
  8. ashen knights
  9. ashen-faced
  10. Ashendon
  11. ashened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ashen (page history and authors); ashen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ashen (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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