My legs were leaden from fatigue.
Source: tatoeba (317827)
Leaden
//ˈlɛdən//
Synonyms for "leaden" (319 found)
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Closest matches (64)
dullploddingabeyantachromaticachromicacieranemicapatheticaridashenashyaureateawkwardbarrenbenumbedblahblankblasebled whitebloodless
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bombasticboredbrassbrassybrazenbronzebronzyburdensomecadaverouscanescentcatalepticcatatoniccharacterlesschloranemiccinereouscinerouscloudycoldcolorlesscoppercopperycrampedcumbrouscupreouscuprousdappledapple graydapple-graydappleddappled-graydarkdeaddeadly paledeathly paledebilitateddensedimdimmeddingy
Adjective(5 words)
Strong matches (96)
discoloreddismaldopeydormantdove-coloreddove-graydraggydrearisomedrearydroopydruggeddrydryasdustdustyeffeteelephantineemptyenervatedetiolatedexanimate
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exsanguinatedexsanguineexsanguineousfadefadedfaintfallowfatferrousferruginousflatforcedformalfoulghastlygiltglaucescentglaucousgloomygloweringgoldgold filledgold-filledgold-platedgoldengraygray-blackgray-browngray-coloredgray-drabgray-greengray-spottedgray-tonedgray-whitegrayedgrayishgreygriseousgrizzlegrizzledgrizzlygroggyguindehaggardhaltingheavyheavyweighthebetudinousheftyho humho-humhollowhuelesshypochromicin abeyancein suspenseinactiveinaneinanimateinertinexcitableinkhorninsipidironiron-grayironlikejadedjejunelabored
Related words (159)
lackadaisicallacklusterlanguidlanguorouslatentlatinateleadlead-graylethargiclifelesslistlesslividlogylow spiritedlow-spiritedloweringlumberinglumpishluridlusterless
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massivemassymatmealymercurialmercurousmoribundmouse coloredmouse-coloredmouse-graymousymuddyneutralnickelnickelicnickelinenumbnumbingonerousoppressiveoverweightpalepale as deathpale-facedpallidpassivepastypearlpearl-graypearlypedestrianpeplesspewterpewteryphlegmaticpointlesspokypompousponderouspoopedquaker-coloredquicksilversadsallowsatedsedentarysesquipedaliansicklysilversilver platedsilver-graysilver-platedsilveredsilveryslackslate-coloredslatysleepingsleepyslowsluggishslumberingsmoke-graysmokysmolderingsobersolemnsombersombresomnolentsoporificspiritlessstagnantstagnatingstandingstaticsteelsteel-graysteelysterilestiffstiltedstodgystone-coloredstuffystultifiedsullensuperficialsupinesuspendedtallow-facedtametastelesstaupetedioustintinnytonelesstorpidturgidunarouseduncoloredunlivelyunwieldyvapidvegetablevegetativewanwashed outwashed-outwaxenweakwearyweightedweightywhey-facedwhitewoodenworld-weary
Adjective(17 words)
Verb(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رَصَاصِيّ adj (made of lead)
Belarusian
3 entries- алавя́ны adj (made of lead)
- валавя́ны adj (made of lead)
- свінцо́вы adj (made of lead)
Bulgarian
3 entries- оло́вен adj (made of lead)
- оловно сив adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
- оловносив adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
Czech
2 entries- olověný adj (made of lead)
- olověný adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
Dutch
1 entries- loden adj (made of lead)
Finnish
3 entries- lyijyinen adj (made of lead)
- lyijyinen adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
- lyijynharmaa adj (dull)
German
1 entries- bleiern adj (made of lead)
Hungarian
1 entries- ólomszürke adj (dull)
Italian
2 entries- plumbeo adj (made of lead)
- plumbeo adj (dull)
Latin
3 entries- plumbeus adj (made of lead)
- plumbeus adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
- plumbārius adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
Macedonian
1 entries- оловен adj (made of lead)
Polish
1 entries- ołowiany adj (made of lead)
Portuguese
4 entries- plúmbeo adj (made of lead)
- plúmbeo adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
- plúmbeo adj (dull)
- plúmbico adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
Russian
1 entries- свинцо́вый adj (made of lead)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- luaidheach adj (made of lead)
- luaidheach adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȍlōvan adj (made of lead)
- о̏ло̄ван adj (made of lead)
Slovak
1 entries- olovený adj (made of lead)
Slovene
1 entries- svinčen adj (made of lead)
Spanish
4 entries- cubierto adj (dull)
- nublado adj (dull)
- plomizo adj (made of lead)
- plomizo adj (pertaining to or resembling lead)
Turkish
1 entries- kurşun adj (made of lead)
Ukrainian
2 entries- оли́в'яний adj (made of lead)
- свинце́вий adj (made of lead)
Yiddish
1 entries- בלײַען adj (made of lead)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
His backache left him lurching along with leaden legs.
Source: tatoeba (328968)
In the leaden backdrop of the dawn, the horseman stands in silence, the long mane of his horse, disheveled by the wind.
Source: tatoeba (1481778)
The leaden coffin was covered by a rich purple pall, on which was embroidered in gold the Canterville coat-of-arms.
Source: tatoeba (5420737)
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