different between ashen vs emaciated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?.?n/
• Rhymes: -æ??n

Etymology 1

From Middle English asshen, aisshen, esscen, from Old English es?en (“made of ashwood”), equivalent to ash +? -en (“made or consisting of”). Cognate with Scots aschin, eschin (“ashen”).

Adjective

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

1. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

Translations

Etymology 2

From ash +? -en (“made or consisting of”).

Adjective

ashen (comparative more ashen, superlative most ashen)

1. Of or resembling ashes.

   A fine, ashen dust hung in the air.

2. Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic.

   His ashen face belied his claims of good health.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid

Translations

Etymology 3

From ash +? -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

ashen (third-person singular simple present ashens, present participle ashening, simple past and past participle ashened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
2. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become pale

Anagrams

• Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Hanse, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, hanse, heans

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English asshe, from Old English æs?e, from Proto-West Germanic *ask?, from Proto-Germanic *ask?.

Noun

ashen

1. ashes

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??me??ie?t?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??me?sie?t?d/

Adjective

emaciated (comparative more emaciated, superlative most emaciated)

1. Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

   The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

Verb

emaciated

1. simple past tense and past participle of emaciate

Related terms

• emaciate
• emaciation

See also

• gaunt

Anagrams

• acetamide