ASHY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

ashy

adjective

ˈa-shē

Definition of ashy

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 Chazan and his team also found ashy white bones that appeared to have been exposed to high heat, as well as what looked like charred black and brown bones. — Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 Before the rookie makeovers, Courtni Shea had never colored her hair, which was originally an ashy brown color. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 Created with melanin-rich skin in mind, the sheer, moisturizing formula blends seamlessly into skin, leaving behind a healthy glow instead of an ashy residue. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 19 June 2026 Then that September, a nursing assistant found Coulson unresponsive and hanging off the side of her bed, her skin ashy and her breathing shallow. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ashy

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Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats.

— Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.

— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of pallid

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The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
But when taken together, our present divisions pale in comparison to the historical record.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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