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1. (adj.) leaden
hard to lift or move:
leaden feet.
2. leaden
dull, spiritless, or gloomy:
leaden prose.
3. leaden
of a dull gray color:
leaden skies.
4. leaden
oppressive:
a leaden silence.
5. leaden
sluggish; listless:
a leaden pace.
6. leaden
of poor quality or little value.
7. leaden
made or consisting of lead.
8. (v.t.) leaden
to make sluggish.
Etymology: (bef. 1000)
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| Definition of 'leaden' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) dull, leaden
darkened with overcast
"a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
2. (adj) leaden, weighted
made heavy or weighted down with weariness
"his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
3. (adj) leaden
made of lead
"a leaden weight"
4. (adj) leaden, plodding
(of movement) slow and laborious
"leaden steps"
5. (adj) heavy, leaden
lacking lightness or liveliness
"heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
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| Definition of 'leaden' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) leaden
made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball
2. (adj) leaden
like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky
3. (adj) leaden
heavy; dull; sluggish
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Sense: lead-coloured
leaden skies.
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 Afrikaans: loodkleurig |
 Arabic: بِلَوْن الرَّصاص |
 Bulgarian: оловносив |
 Brazilian: cinzento |
 Czech: olověný |
 German: bleigrau |
 Danish: blygrå; tung |
 Greek: μολυβής |
 Spanish: plomizo |
 Estonian: tinahall |
 Farsi: سربی رنگ |
 Finnish: lyijynvärinen |
 French: de plomb |
 Hebrew: אָפוֹר |
 Hindi: धूसर |
 Croatian: olovno-siv |
 Hungarian: sötét |
 Indonesian: kelabu tua |
 Icelandic: blÿgrár |
 Italian: di piombo |
 Japanese: 鉛色の |
 Korean: 납빛의 |
 Lithuanian: švininis, pilkas |
 Latvian: [] pelēks |
 Malay: gelap |
 Dutch: loodgrijs |
 Norwegian: blygrå, knugende |
 Polish: w barwie ołowiu |
 Persian: سربی رنگ |
 Pashto: سربى رنګه |
 Portuguese: cinzento |
 Romanian: de plumb |
 Russian: свинцовый |
 Slovak: olovený |
 Slovenian: svinčen |
 Serbian: boje olova |
 Swedish: blygrå, blytung |
 Thai: สีตะกั่ว |
 Turkish: kurşun renkli |
 Taiwanese: 鉛灰色的 |
 Ukrainian: свинцевий; сірий |
 Urdu: سرمئی رنگ کا |
 Vietnamese: chì màu |
 Chinese: 铅灰色的 |
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