leaden

lead·en

 (lĕd′n)

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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lead′en·ly adv.

lead′en·ness n.

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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.

ˈleadenly adv

ˈleadenness n

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lead•en

(ˈlɛd n)
adj.

1. hard to lift or move: leaden feet.

2. dull, spiritless, or gloomy: leaden prose.

3. of a dull gray color: leaden skies.

4. oppressive: a leaden silence.

5. sluggish; listless: a leaden pace.

6. of poor quality or little value.

7. made or consisting of lead.

v.t.

8. to make sluggish.

[before 1000]

lead′en•ly, adv.

lead′en•ness, n.

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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.

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leaden

adjective

Lacking energy and vitality or showing such a lack:

flagging, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, limp, listless, lymphatic, spiritless.

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Translations

بِلَوْن الرَّصاصمَصنوع من الرَّصاص

olověný

bly-blygråtung

bleiern

en plombplombé

ólomból való

blÿ-, úr blÿiblÿgrár

plumbeo

bly-blygrå

kurşun renklikurşundan yapılmış

铅制的铅灰色的

leaden

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

leaden

[ˈlɛd^ən] adj → de plomb, en plomb

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

leaden

[ˈlɛdn] adj (colour, sky) → plumbeo/a (fig) (atmosphere) → teso/a; (silence) → opprimente
with a leaden heart → con la morte nel cuore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lead²

(led) noun

1. (also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal. lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper? lood مَعْدَن الرَّصاص олово chumbo olovo; olověný das Blei bly; bly- μόλυβδοςplomo plii سرب؛ سربی lyijy plombעופרת सीसा olovo ólom timah blÿ piombo 鉛 납 švinas svins plumbum loodblyołów سرب chumbo plumb свинец olovo; olovený svinec olovo bly สารตะกั่ว kurşun 鉛 свинець; свинцевий سیسہ chì 铅

2. the part of a pencil that leaves a mark. The lead of my pencil has broken. lood رصاص قَلَم الرَّصاص графит ponta tuha die Mine stift γραφίτης μολυβιού mina pliiatsitina مغز مداد lyijy mine גְּרָפיט בְּעִיפָּרוֹן अंकनी mina grafit pensil blÿ mina 鉛筆のしん 연필의 심 grafitas (zīmuļa) grafīts grafit potloodstiftblyantstiftgrafit د پنسل نوك bico mină грифель tuha mina grafit blyerts ไส้ดินสอ grafit 鉛筆芯 грифель; графіт رصاص، جو پینسل کا سرما ہوتا ہے ngòi chì 笔铅，铅笔芯

ˈleaden adjective

1. lead-coloured. leaden skies. loodkleurig بِلَوْن الرَّصاص оловносив cinzento olověný bleigrau blygrå; tung μολυβήςplomizo tinahall سربی رنگ lyijynvärinen de plombאפור धूसर olovno-siv sötét kelabu tua blÿgrár di piombo 鉛色の 납빛의 švininis, pilkas [] pelēks gelap loodgrijsblygrå, knugende w barwie ołowiu سربى رنګه cinzento de plumb свинцовый olovený svinčen boje olova blygrå, blytung สีตะกั่ว kurşun renkli 鉛灰色的 свинцевий; сірий سرمئی رنگ کا chì màu 铅灰色的

2. made of lead. lood مَصنوع من الرَّصاص оловен de chumbo olověný bleiern bly- μολύβδινος de plomo tina- سربی lyijy- de/en plomb עָשוּי עוֹפֶרֶת सीसे का olovan ólom(ból való) dari timah blÿ-, úr blÿi di piombo 鉛の 납으로 만든 švininis svina- plumbum lodenbly- ołowiany له سربونه جوړ شوۍ de chumbo de/din plumb свинцовый olovený svinčen olovni av bly, bly- ทำจากตะกั่ว kurşundan yapılmış 鉛製的 свинцевий سیسے سے بنا làm bằng chì 铅制的

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