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Definition: Ashen |
AshenAdjective1. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage". 2. Made of wood of the ash tree. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ashen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: AshenSynonyms: blanched (adj), bloodless (adj), livid (adj), white (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ashen |
| English words defined with "ashen": -en. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ashen": Wedding. (references) |
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 | Ashen; balmy; bland; caressing; comfortable; cool; cushy; delicate; diffuse; dim; dimmed; dulcet; dull; dusky; faint; gentle; gravy; hazy; lenient; light; low; low-key; mellifluous; mellow; melodious; mild; misty; murmured; muted; pale; pallid; pastel; pl. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Ashen" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ashen" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 80 | 37,112 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ashen": ashen bloodless livid lurid pale pallid pasty wan waxen ♦ ashen grey. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ashen": ashen-blue, ashen-faced. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ashen | 11 |
ashen vendetta | 6 |
ashen roy | 2 |
allen ashen | 2 |
ashen mortality | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ashen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i përhirtë, bojë hiri (cinereous, earthlight, earthshine, Gray, grey, sand). (various references) | |
Arabic | مؤلف من رماد, رمادي اللون (greyish), رمادي (ashy, gray, grey, grizzly), شاحب اللون (pallid). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ясенов, мъртво бледен, бледен (ashy, ashy-gray, doughy, faint, lambent, lymphatic, mealy, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, sickly), пепелив (ashy, cinereous, grey). (various references) | |
Czech | sinalý (livid, pallid), jasanový. (various references) | |
Dutch | asgrauw. (various references) | |
Esperanto | cindrogriza. (various references) | |
Farsi | مربوطبه چوب درخت زبان گنجشک , خاکستری (Drab, Gray, Grey), شبیه خاکستر, دارای رنگ خاکستری . (various references) | |
Finnish | tuhkanharmaa (ash-grey). (various references) | |
French | pâle, cendreux, cendré (ashy). (various references) | |
German | aschgrau (ash-gray), aschfahl (ashy), kreidebleich (white as a sheet, white as chalk), grau (bleak, cheerless, dark, drab, drabness, dullness, gloomy, gray, grayUS, grey, greyBrit, grizzled, Hoar), Eschen. (various references) | |
Greek | στάχτυσ, στακτερόσ (ashy), σταχτής, ωχρός (sallow), φλαμουριάσ, εκ μελιάσ, τεφροειδής. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עפור (grey), אפור (grey, leaden, make up), אפרי, אפרורי (greyish). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hamuszürke (ashen grey, ashy, ashy-gray, cinereous, pale as ashes). (various references) | |
Indonesian | abu-abu (gray), kelabu. (various references) | |
Italian | livido (black and blue, bruise, livid, lurid), di frassino, cinereo (cinereous). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 灰色 (gray, grey), 灰色 (gray, grey), 土色 (deathly pale, earth color), 土気色 (deathly pale, earth color). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つちいろ (deathly pale, earth color), つちけいろ (deathly pale, earth color), はいいろ (gray, grey). (various references) | |
Manx | unjinagh (ashen of ash, ashy), neeal (ashen colour, ashy, aspect, aspect of face, cloud, complexion, faint, nap, nebula, swoon), glass (ashen colour, bond, callow of youth; trigger, callow; trigger, green, green of nature, grey, grey of animal, iron; lock, pale, pasty, raw, sappy, soft, stream, unfledged, verdant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashenay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pálido (ashy, blank, chalky, colorless, colourless, linen, livid, lurid, mealy, off-color, off-colour, pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, perse, sallow, sickly, tallowy, wan, washed-out, white-headed), cinzento (ashy, cinereous, gray, grey, grizzled, grizzly, white-headed). (various references) | |
Romanian | palid (ashy, colorless, colourless, doughy, etiolated, female, Gray, green, grey, haggard, lightish, lunar, lurid, pale, pallid, paly, sickly, wan, washed out, white), de frasin, cenuşiu (ash-colored, ash-coloured, ashy, drab, Gray, grey, greyish, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hoary, leaden, neutral). (various references) | |
Russian | пепельный (ashy, cinerary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pepeljast (ashy). (various references) | |
Spanish | ceniciento (ashy). (various references) | |
Swedish | av askträ, askliknande, askgrå (livid), ask- (cinerary). (various references) | |
Thai | ซี"เผือ". (various references) | |
Turkish | solgun (anaemic, anemic, ashy, bloodless, colorless, colourless, doughy, drooping, faded, mealy, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan), kül rengi, kül gibi (ashy), dişbudak ağacından yapılmış, dişbudak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ясеновий, мертвотно блідий, попільний (ashy, cinerary, cinereous), попелястого кольору. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Ashen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aahah, aahe, Achan, Adshel, aeshna, aghen, Ahan, ahean, ahen, ahin, ahlen, Akhund, amhe, Amschel, Anshan, anshe, aphen, asche, asem, asen, asha, Ashaf, Ashai, Ashden, Ashdene, ashe, ashel, Ashend, ashent, ashew, ashey, ashi, ashine, Ashit, Asho, ashoe, ashon, Ashou, ashun, asken, assen, athen, Aushev, Aysen, azen, Azha, bashen, Esneh, Ihsan, ishin, Ishkent, Lashan, Nashreen, Oshenko, pashen, Saheena, sahel, Sahin, sahn, Sawhney, sayen, sazhen, shen, Tashan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ashen" (pronounced a"shun) |
| 4 | a" sh u n | fashion, compassion, impassion, passion, ration. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hanse. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-s" | |
-1 letter: anes, haen, haes, hens, sane, shea. | |
-2 letters: ane, ash, ens, hae, has, hen, hes, nae, nah, sae, sea, sen, sha, she. | |
-3 letters: ae, ah, an, as, eh, en, es, ha, he, na, ne, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-s" | |
+1 letter: ashmen, encash, hances, hansel, hanses, hasten, hausen, havens, hennas, hyenas, naches, shaken, shapen, shaven, snathe, thanes, whenas. | |
+2 letters: achenes, anthems, anthers, astheny, banshee, banshie, chaines, chances, changes, chasten, daphnes, dasheen, enchase, enhalos, ethanes, evanish, gnashed, gnashes, haemins, handles, handsel, handset, hangers, hankers, hankies, hansels, hantles, happens, haptens, hardens, harkens, harness, harshen, hastens, hausens, heavens, hernias, hessian, hetmans, hexanes, hexosan, hoarsen, hyaenas, inhales, inphase, khazens, manches, peahens, pechans, ranches, rehangs, saphena, senhora, shanked, shantey, sharpen, shebang, shebean, sheitan, snashes, snathes, stengah, sthenia, thenars, unleash, vahines, wahines. | |
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