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leaden
[ led-n ]
adjective
- inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
a leaden weight; leaden feet.
- dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought:
leaden prose; a leaden atmosphere.
- of a dull gray color:
leaden skies.
- oppressive; heavy:
a leaden silence.
- sluggish; listless:
They moved at a leaden pace.
- of poor quality or little value.
- made or consisting of lead.
verb (used with object)
- to make leaden, sluggish, dull, etc.:
Fatigue had leadened his brain and step.
leaden
/ ˈɛə /
adjective
- heavy and inert
- laboured or sluggish
leaden steps
- gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless
- made partly or wholly of lead
- of a dull greyish colour
a leaden sky
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, adverb
- ˈԲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- IJ· adverb
- IJ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.
On a bleak late winter's day, under leaden skies and occasional driving rain, this was the moment all Israelis had been dreading.
Trump, in his leaden inauguration speech, invoked an America of "explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers."
But Eggers abandons this tack and steers back toward leaden homage.
Why not spend it making a cozy home, tending a little garden, shutting out the leaden horrors outside?
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