leaden

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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)

  1. Template:dated Made of lead.
  2. Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
  3. Dull; darkened with overcast.
    the sky was leaden and thick

Translations

Quotations

    • 1999: "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers." — Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
    • "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." — Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats

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