Ashy

Word ASHY
Character 4
Hyphenation ash y
Pronunciations /ˈæʃi/

Definitions and meanings of "Ashy"

What do we mean by ashy?

Of, relating to, or covered with ashes. adjective

Having the color of ashes; pale. adjective

Belonging to, consisting of, or resembling ashes; hence, ash-colored; pale.

Sprinkled with ashes.

Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes. adjective

Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. adjective

Pale as ashes. adjective

Having the color of ashes. adjective

A pallor. adjective

Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored). adjective

Of a light grey adjective

Having the color of ashes.

Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ashy

The word "ashy" in example sentences

Wall has gone from being a self-described "ashy" kid with cornrows who sold candy from his backpack in middle school to living the sweet life. ❋ By Michael Lee (2011)

Explosive eruptions that destroy vegetation and deposit volcanic rocks and ash over wide areas create conditions that (1) promote increased rates of surface runoff during rainstorms; (2) dramatically increase the availability of loose debris that can be eroded and transported into river valleys; and (3) typically result in persistent airborne "ashy" conditions due to wind and human activities. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, I really get a huge giggle out of the "ashy" grill picture--it's exceptionally difficult to find a SINGLE piece of "food" on the actual grate. ❋ Jen (2009)

I can't think of one skin tone that would benefit from a sheer wash of white, off-white or clay which they might as well have gone and named "ashy" or "zombie". ❋ PeaceBang (2006)

Lofty monuments, slender steeples emerged from the gloom; a kind of ashy light was spread abroad. ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Hey AI, my wife was the one that said you were 'ashy'!" ❋ Unknown (2009)

"ashy" face and chattering teeth, while his besieger walked growling around the wagon, occasionally jumping up upon the chance of seizing an unguarded foot. ❋ Fannie A. Beers (N/A)

Flashes from camera phones were going on like crazy . . . especially when somebody pointed out her tampon string was showing and her inner thighs was mad ashy. ❋ Meesha Mink (2011)

Keep it light, so it doesn't look ashy or powdery, just leaves a soft matte texture – I want to say flawless, but I know that's pushing it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

His jeans was down around his ashy knees and she was humming loud as hell while she sucked his dick. ❋ Meesha Mink (2011)

When poorly done, light roasting can leave beans tasting grassy and raw, while subpar dark-roasting can leave them tasting ashy and burned. ❋ Katy McLaughlin (2012)

Especially if the city is older than time, built on the slopes of an uneasily slumbering volcano, atop murmuring catacombs, and the eldritch ruins where men fear to tread loom over the unclimbed and unclimbable far side of the volcano, and strange musics or shrieks of nonhuman laughter ring across the ashy slopes when the moon is dark, or, in the case of Mars, moons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Podzolic soils, as they are now known, are grey, ashy, and although characteristically capped with an abundant surface accumulation of organic matter, are often severely leached, highly acid, and generally low in agricultural value.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

There had been a harsh pleasure—and then an ashy emptiness as he realized that he had become part of what he most loathed. ❋ Christie Golden (2011)

He then opened his ashy hands in front of himself and pressed them together, linking fingers. ❋ Teresa Houle (2011)

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