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leaden [ˈlɛdən] adj
1. heavy and inert 2. laboured or sluggish leaden steps 3. gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless 4. (Chemistry) made partly or wholly of lead 5. of a dull greyish colour a leaden sky leadenly adv leadenness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
leaden adjective 1. grey, dingy, overcast, sombre, lacklustre, dark grey, greyish, lustreless, louring or lowering The weather was bitterly cold, with leaden skies. 2. laboured, wooden, stiff, sluggish, plodding, stilted, humdrum a leaden English translation from the Latin 3. lifeless, dull, gloomy, dismal, dreary, languid, listless, spiritless the leaden boredom of the Victorian marriage 4. heavy, lead, crushing, oppressive, cumbersome, inert, onerous, burdensome The dull, leaden sickly feeling returned. Translations leaden adj (old: = of lead) → bleiern (geh) leaden [ˈlɛdn] adj (colour, sky) → plumbeo/a (fig) (atmosphere) → teso/a; (silence) → opprimente with a leaden heart → con la morte nel cuore leaden [ˈlɛdn] adj (colour, sky) → plumbeo/a (fig) (atmosphere) → teso/a; (silence) → opprimente with a leaden heart → con la morte nel cuore How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Dear was she to me as the birds that out in the old garden yonder sing and sing their best to lift up my leaden heart. To punish me, he shut me up in this vase of copper, and he put on the leaden cover his seal, which is enchantment enough to prevent my coming out. But having some days previously seen from the top of the donjon Madame de Montbazon pass in her carriage, and still cherishing an affection for that beautiful woman, he did not wish to be to her what he wished to be to Mazarin, and in the hope of seeing her again, had asked for a leaden comb, which was allowed him. |
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