different between deathly vs ashen

English

Etymology

From Middle English dethlich, from Old English d?aþl??, equivalent to death +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??li/

Adjective

deathly (comparative deathlier or more deathly, superlative deathliest or most deathly)

1. Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.
2. Deadly, fatal, causing death.
3. Extreme.

Derived terms

• deathliness

Translations

Adverb

deathly (comparative more deathly, superlative most deathly)

1. In a way that resembles death.

2. Extremely, dreadfully.

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