ashier
Grayer in complexion
Ashier is the comparative form of ashy—more covered with or resembling ash.
Skin that looks ashier appears drier or more gray-toned: My elbows get ashier in winter.
The word is common in Black American English for dry, unmoisturized skin that shows a grayish cast against darker complexions.
Further from vivid
- palerMore drained of hue
- dullerMore lacking in edge
- drabberMore dreary, monotonous
- blanderMore lacking in flavor
dingier · duskier · dimmer · flatter · deader · lifeless · lackluster · bleached
greyer
Further from vivid
blander · dingier · duskier · dimmer · flatter · deader · lifeless · lackluster · bleached · colorless
paler
More drained of hue
unhealthier · ghostlier · bloodless · drained · waxen · deathly · corpse-like · anemic · jaundiced
sootier
More ash-covered
charred · scorched · burnt · smudged · sooty · smoky · cremated · incinerated · coal-black