Definitions for Leaden
ˈlɛd nlead·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dull, leadenadjective

   darkened with overcast

   "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"

2. leaden, weightedadjective

   made heavy or weighted down with weariness

   "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"

3. leadenadjective

   made of lead

   "a leaden weight"

4. leaden, ploddingadjective

   (of movement) slow and laborious

   "leaden steps"

5. heavy, leadenadjective

   lacking lightness or liveliness

   "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leadenadjective

   Made of lead.

2. leadenadjective

   Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.

3. leadenadjective

   Dull; darkened with overcast.

   the sky was leaden and thick

4. Etymology: From leden, leaden, from leaden, equivalent to. Cognate with leaden, loden.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leadenadjective

   Etymology: leaden , Saxon.

   1. Made of lead.

   This tiger-footed rage, when it shall find
   The harm of unskann’d swiftness, will, too late,
   Tye leaden pounds to ’s heels. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   O murth’rous slumber!
   Lay’st thou the leaden mace upon my boy,
   That plays thee musick. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   A leaden bullet shot from one of these guns against a stone wall, the space of twenty-four paces from it, will be beaten into a thin plate. John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick.

   2. Heavy; unwilling; motionless.

   If thou do’st find him tractable to us,
   Encourage him, and tell him all our reasons:
   If he be leaden, icy, cold, unwilling,
   Be thou so too. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   3. Heavy; dull.

   I’ll strive with troubled thoughts to take a nap;
   Lest leaden slumber poize me down to-morrow,
   When I should mount with wings of victory. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leaden

   Leaden is an adjective used to describe something that is heavy, slow, or gloomy. It often refers to the dull gray color of the metal lead, as well as its weight. For example, it can describe a sky that is heavily clouded and gray, a mood that is depressingly dull or heavy, or movement that is slow due to weight or fatigue.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leadenadjective

   made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball

2. Leadenadjective

   like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky

3. Leadenadjective

   heavy; dull; sluggish

Anagrams for Leaden »

1. aneled

2. leaned

How to pronounce Leaden?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Leaden in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Leaden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Leaden in a Sentence

1. Hilaire Belloc:

   I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em.

2. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. ... The new president and his first lady.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world sparkles with light.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Leaden
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leaden
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Leaden
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Leaden