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
These emaciated, ashy pyromaniacs are led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), giving Queen of the Damned body tea in her bloodred makeup and statement headpiece.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 July 2025
But, according to Bremer, preventing your under eyes from looking ashy is an important step too.
—Essence, 26 July 2025
To protect against the ashy, sandy spray that coats the sides of Cerro Negro, boarders don bright orange jumpsuits and ski goggles, only adding to the next-level thrill of the experience.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
The skin might also turn purple or blue in people with lighter skin tones or be gray or ashy in people with darker skin tones
Vomiting or making gurgling noises.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.—
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Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.—
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Here, hollowed eyes, pale complexions, bleached or barely there brows and bold lips were encouraged.—
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This week, a gentle, pale boy is presenting on Martin Lindauer, who made foundational observations about scout bees—the bees who search out sites to build new hives.—
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Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.—
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In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.—
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“Ashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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