Sekirov Dictionary

leaden

/ˈlɛdən/

adjective 5
verb 1
forms 5

adjective5

Of or related to the metal lead.
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(figurative) Resembling the color of lead, metallic or dark gray; (of daylight) dim, overcast.
- The sky was dark and overcast, a leaden pall producing a deep gloom.
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(figurative) Resembling the density of lead, heavy.
- Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow. — 1819
(figurative) Resembling the ponderousness of lead, sluggish.
(no longer used) Made of lead.

verb1

To make or become dull or overcast.

forms

leadened · leadening · leadens · more leaden · most leaden

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