leaden (redirected from leadenness)

lead·en  (ldn)

adj.

1. Made of or containing lead.

2.

a. Heavy and inert.

b. Listless; sluggish.

3. Lacking liveliness or sparkle; dull: a leaden conversation.

4. Downcast; depressed: leaden spirits.

5. Dull, dark gray in color: drizzle from a leaden sky.

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leaden·ly adv.

leaden·ness n.

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leaden

Adjective

1. heavy or sluggish: my limbs felt leaden

2. of a dull greyish colour: leaden November sky

3. made of lead

4. gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless: hollow characters and leaden dialogue

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	leaden - darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" dull cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
	2.	leaden - made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids" weighted heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
	3.	leaden - made of lead; "a leaden weight"
	4.	leaden - (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" plodding effortful - requiring great physical effort
	5.	leaden - lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" heavy dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

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leaden

adjective 1. grey, dingy, overcast, sombre, lacklustre, dark grey, greyish, lustreless, louring or lowering

adjective 2. laboured, wooden, stiff, sluggish, plodding, stilted, humdrum

adjective 3. lifeless, dull, gloomy, dismal, dreary, languid, listless, spiritless

adjective 4. heavy, lead, crushing, oppressive, cumbersome, inert, onerous, burdensome

Translations

leaden [ˈlɛdn] adj [sky, sea] → plomizo (= heavy) [footsteps] → pesado

leaden [ˈlɛdn] adj → de or en plomb

leaden [ˈlɛdn] lead² adj [sky, sea] → bleiern; [movements] → bleischwer

leaden [ˈlɛdn] adj → di piombo