Leaden : 납빛의, 탁한 회색의, 기운없이, 감정없는, 무거운, 지루한, 숨막힐듯한, 우울한
Lead : 납, (연필)심
Leadenly : 무겁게, 납빛으로, 우울하고 힘없이, 기운없이
1)
Leaden is an adjective, meaning gray
leaden sky, gray sky told me it was going to rain
this is rather literary word though
2)
you can also use leaden metaphorically, meaning without energy, without feeling
with a leaden heart, I got up in the morning
you go to wrok leadenly
a leaden feeling, this depressed
with leaden spirits
dull, downcast, depressed
the leaden sky told me that it was going to be a very dull day
his leaden poetry is just rather boring, it's heavy, dull, spiritless and rather gloomy
with leaden feet, I walked to work
the leaden face that the runner is using shows that he is very tired
leaden, gray, dingy, overcast, somber, lackluster
leaden weather
leaden skies
a leaden translation, it's rather stiff and boring
leaden attitude
leaden feeling
heavy, crushed
I got leaden feeling in my stomach, rather depressing, you are starting to flag
you haven't got a lot of energy
leaden-eyed, I was falling asleep, it's like my eyes were made of lead
tired soldiers advanced leadenly
a leaden color
leaden, made of lead, heavy dull gray sluggish, oppressively heavy, without spirit
not very animated
3)
you could use this meaning oppressive as wll
there was a leaden silence when I told my joke and I realized I hadn't told something suitable
4)
notice, don't confuse this with l.e.a.d., I know it's spelled the same
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