Home › Words › A › ashinessashinessashiness means the quality of being ashy.EtymologyFrom ashy + -ness.nounThe quality of being ashy.e.g.“Jack Bigelow’s usually sunny face was bleached to the ashiness of fear and despair.” — 1901, Onoto Watanna, chapter 13, in A Japanese Nightingale, New York: Harper, page 148:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ashenness 76% match — The state or condition of being ashen. vs ashiness →ashy 72% match — Resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc. vs ashiness →ashily 71% match — In an ashy way. vs ashiness →grayishness 69% match — The quality of being grayish. vs ashiness →ashenly 68% match — In an ashen way. vs ashiness →greyishness 67% match — The quality of being greyish. vs ashiness →ashlike 66% match — Resembling or characteristic of ash. vs ashiness →bronziness 65% match — The quality or state of being bronzy. vs ashiness →