Antonyms for leaden
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : led-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛd n |
Definition of leaden
Origin :- "made of lead," Old English leaden, from lead (n.1) + -en (2). The figurative sense of "heavy, oppressive, dull" is attested by 1570s. Related: Leadenly; leadenness.
- adj made of lead
- adj heavy
- adj lead-colored
- adj gray
- As they approached it, the dull hue that lay upon it resembled that of the leaden sky.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Now the minutes dragged with leaden feet until Dick should come.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The sky was dull and leaden, and cindery flakes of snow were thinly falling.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- In the meantime the sun had retired behind thick, leaden clouds.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- God's wrath comes with leaden feet, but it strikes with iron hands.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Those who had not been shot fell to the ground to escape the leaden hail.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- Her feet were refusing to carry her, leaden and weighty as they seemed.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- It was like a rapid, blinding flash of lightning in a leaden sky.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- The leaden casting to which the plates of a group are joined.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Thorpe looked at him in his old apathetic, leaden fashion for a little.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
Synonyms for leaden
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