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 [ˈlɛd^ən]

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

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 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 [ˈledn] ADJ (= of lead) → de plomo, plúmbeo; (in colour) → plomizo (fig) [heart] → triste

leaden [ˈlɛd^ən] adj → de plomb, en plomb

leaden

adj

sky, colour, clouds → bleiern (geh); heart, limbs, steps → bleischwer; silence → bedrückend

(pej) (= tedious) translation, dialogue → schwerfällig; (= stodgy) food → sehr schwer

(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