leaden
leaden
Definition
leaden (led′'n)
adjective
- made of lead
- having the inert heaviness of lead; hard to move or lift
- sluggish; dull; heavy in action, feeling, etc.
- depressed; dispirited; gloomy
- of a dull gray
lead′·enly adverb
lead′·en·ness noun
leaden
Synonyms
leaden
modif.
leaden
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- so: Why do your legs feel so leaden when you try to run after strenuous cycling?
- very: Fanfare was made very leaden by the presence of the narrator.
Modifies a noun
- coffin: I got a shell on the Sunday, and a leaden coffin, into which he was placed and soldered up.
- sky: She was too intent on scouring the leaden sky for the sign.
- pipe: Leaden pipes and conduits, leading from the hospital to the priory, have been dug up in the fields.. .
- cross: If the inscribed leaden cross was genuine it proved it anyway, because it said " here in the Isle of Avalon " .
- weight: His grief, both at Thomas`s death and the certain imminence of his father`s, was like a leaden weight in his breast.
- casket: The heart of King Robert I ( The Bruce ) is buried in a leaden casket in Melrose Abbey.
Used with adjective complement
leaden Quotes
I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of platinum, Because if I use the leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten 'em.
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