leadenness

  • 1leadenness — index sloth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2leadenness — noun see leaden …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 3leadenness — See leadenly. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 4leadenness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity: dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor. See ACTION …

    English dictionary for students

  • 5leadenness — n. heaviness; gloominess; grayness; sluggishness, slowness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 6leadenness — lead·en·ness …

    English syllables

  • 7leadenness — noun see leaden I * * * leadˈenness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑lead …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8leaden — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. a. made of lead b. of the color of lead ; dull gray 2. a. oppressively heavy b. sluggish c. lacking spirit or animation • leadenly adverb • leadenness …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9leaden — leadenly, adv. leadenness, n. /led n/, adj. 1. inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet. 2. dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought: leaden prose; a leaden atmosphere. 3. of a dull gray color: leaden… …

    Universalium

  • 10sloth — I noun acedia, apathy, desidia, disinclination to action, disinclination to labor, dullness, faineance, idleness, ignavia, inaction, inactivity, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, inexertion, languidness, laxness, laziness, leadenness,… …

    Law dictionary