Leaden — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

darkened with overcast

made heavy or weighted down with weariness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈɛdən/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈɛdən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈɛdən/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈɛdən/.

Examples

a dark day
a dull sky
the sky was leaden and thick

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

plodding heavy dull weighted

Parts of Speech

adjective	darkened with overcast “a dark day”
adjective	made heavy or weighted down with weariness “his leaden arms”
adjective	made of lead “a leaden weight”
adjective	(of movement) slow and laborious “leaden steps”
adjective	lacking lightness or liveliness “heavy humor”

Word Forms

dullness	noun	a lack of visual brightness
heaviness	noun	an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

bleiern

verdunkelt mit bewölktem Himmel

🇫🇷French

plombé

assombri avec un ciel couvert

🇪🇸Spanish

de plomo

oscurecido con nublado

🇮🇹Italian

di piombo

oscurato con cielo coperto

🇳🇱Dutch

loden

donker met bewolking

🇵🇹Portuguese

de chumbo

escurecido com nublado

🇷🇺Russian

свинцовый

затемнено пасмурно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सीसे का

बादलों से अंधेरा हो गया

🇧🇩Bengali

নেতৃত্ব

মেঘলা দিয়ে অন্ধকার

🇮🇳Tamil

ஈயம்

மேகமூட்டத்துடன் இருண்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

సీసం

మబ్బులతో చీకటి

🇮🇳Marathi

अग्रगण्य

ढगाळांनी अंधारलेला

🇮🇳Gujarati

લીડન

વાદળછાયા સાથે અંધારું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೀಸ

ಮೋಡ ಕವಿದಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഈയം

മൂടിക്കെട്ടിയ ഇരുണ്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਗਵਾਈ

ਬੱਦਲਵਾਈ ਨਾਲ ਹਨੇਰਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

قیادت

بادل چھائے ہوئے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

铅

阴天变暗

🇯🇵Japanese

鉛の

曇りで暗い

🇰🇷Korean

납을 함유한

흐린 날씨로 어두워짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chì

tối tăm vì u ám

🇹🇭Thai

นำไปสู่

มืดครึ้มไปด้วยเมฆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelam

menjadi gelap karena mendung

🇵🇭Filipino

tingga

nagdidilim sa makulimlim

🇲🇾Malay

timbal

digelapkan dengan mendung

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رصاصي

مظلمة مع ملبدا بالغيوم

🇮🇷Persian

سربی

تاریک شده با ابر

🇹🇷Turkish

kurşuni

bulutlu

🇮🇱Hebrew

כָּבֵד

חשוך עם מעונן

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