leaden
leaden is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
- 2.Heavy; dull; sluggish. "Leaden slumber." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- ash-colored
- ashen
- ashy
- black
- calcareous
- chiaroscuro
- cinereous
- cineritious
- cool
- dingy
- drab
- dun
- favillous
- gray
- grey
- grisaille
- grizzled
- grizzly
- iron-gray
- limy
- livid
- neutral
- pearly
- pepper
- roan
- russet
- sad
- salt
- silver
- silvery
- somber
- tint
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is leaden.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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