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leaden

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛdən/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adeelnStarts with LEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. darkened with overcast

Word origin

From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”). Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). By surface analysis, lead + -en.

Used in a sentence

  • The sky was dark and overcast, a leaden pall producing a deep gloom.
  • It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers.
  • Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.

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