Both Uses
ashen
in
The Hunger Games
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- The boy from District 1, Cato and the girl from District 2, and a scrawny, ashen-skinned boy who must be from District 3.†
p. 215.2ashen = very pale
- And there, the ashen hair and hazel eyes of the boy from District 9 who died as we struggled for the backpack!†
p. 334.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(ashen as in: ashen face) very pale - often due to illness or fear
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, ashen can refer to a color that is light-gray like the color of ashes.