Leaden

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Made of or containing lead.
  • adj. Heavy and inert.
  • adj. Listless; sluggish.
  • adj. Lacking liveliness or sparkle; dull: a leaden conversation.
  • adj. Downcast; depressed: leaden spirits.
  • adj. Dull, dark gray in color: drizzle from a leaden sky.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Made of lead.
  • adj. Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
  • adj. Dull; darkened with overcast.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Made of lead; of the nature of lead.
  • adj. Like lead in color, etc..
  • adj. Heavy; dull; sluggish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Made or consisting of lead: as, a leaden ball; a leaden coffin.
  • Like lead in any particular.
  • Of the color of lead; dull-colored; hence, gloomy: as, a leaden sky.
  • [Leaden is often compounded with participial adjectives: as, leaden- winged time; a leaden -paced messenger.
  • Synonyms Lead, Leaden. Lead as an adjective is not used figuratively: leaden is used both literally and figuratively: as, a lead or leaden image; a leaden sky. A similar distinction exists between wood and wooden, gold and golden, etc.: as, a wood partition; wooden walls; wooden immobility; a gold watch; golden clouds, or hopes, or prospects. The form in -en is generally preferable rhythmically; hence its retention and extension in poetic use.
  • To fasten or cover with lead.
  • To weigh down with or as with lead, as one's spirits.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. made of lead
  • adj. lacking lightness or liveliness
  • adj. darkened with overcast
  • adj. (of movement) slow and laborious
  • adj. made heavy or weighted down with weariness
  • Equivalent
    dull    cloudy    effortful    heavy   
    Cross Reference
    heavy    depressing    leaden bulls   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heavy    dull    sluggish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Armageddon    armageddon    deaden    ledden    redden    snedden   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    icy    silvery    golden    greenish    cloudy    smoky    opaque    misty    wooden    dusky