Usually means: Pale, drained of color, shocked.
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  1. ashen-faced: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. ashen-faced, ashen-faced: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ashen-faced: Wordnik
  4. ashen-faced: Wiktionary
  5. ashen-faced: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Having a pallor (pale face) due to fear or similar emotion

Similar:
whey-faced, ashy, palefaced, ashen, whitefaced, white, pale, sallowfaced, white-faced, sad-faced, more...

Opposite:
rosy-cheeked, flushed, blushing, ruddy

Types:
pale, ashen, wan, ghostly, deathly, drained, blanched, more...

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Similar:
whey-faced, ashy, palefaced, ashen, whitefaced, white, pale, sallowfaced, white-faced, sad-faced, more...

Opposite:
rosy-cheeked, flushed, blushing, ruddy

Types:
pale, ashen, wan, ghostly, deathly, drained, blanched, more...



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