leaden
Use Leaden in a sentence
n adjective
2.
dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought: leaden prose; a leaden atmosphere.
3.
of a dull gray color: leaden skies.
4.
oppressive; heavy: a leaden silence.
5.
sluggish; listless: They moved at a leaden pace.
verb (used with object)
8.
to make leaden, sluggish, dull, etc.: Fatigue had leadened his brain and step.
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leaden (ˈlɛdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | heavy and inert |
| 2. | laboured or sluggish: leaden steps |
| 3. | gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless |
| 4. | made partly or wholly of lead |
| 5. | of a dull greyish colour: a leaden sky |
| 'leadenly | |
| —adv | |
| 'leadenness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
leaden
Adjective form of lead (n.); a relic of O.E., which formed adjs. meaning "made of ______" by adding -en to nouns. The figurative sense of "heavy, oppressive, dull" is first attested 1570s.
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Example sentences
The sun again forsook them, and again from leaden skies the snow-flakes were sifted over the land.
The essential first step is to remove the leaden overhang of non-tradable shares.
And through the shower of leaden hail our boys take deadly aim.
The tempos are leaden, and the arrangements downright predictable.
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