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leaden
[led-n]
adjective
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move.
a leaden weight; leaden feet.
dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought.
leaden prose; a leaden atmosphere.
of a dull gray color.
leaden skies.
oppressive; heavy.
a leaden silence.
sluggish; listless.
They moved at a leaden pace.
of poor quality or little value.
made or consisting of lead.
verb (used with object)
to make leaden, sluggish, dull, etc..
Fatigue had leadened his brain and step.
leaden
/ ˈɛə /
adjective
heavy and inert
laboured or sluggish
leaden steps
gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless
made partly or wholly of lead
of a dull greyish colour
a leaden sky
Other Word Forms
- leadenly adverb
- leadenness noun
- ˈԱ adverb
- ˈԲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The Oscar nominee gives her physical all to the movie and, as a thank you, “Ballerina” lets her stay mostly silent so its leaden lines don’t weigh down her performance.
All this after Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field under a leaden sky.
I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.
On a bleak late winter's day, under leaden skies and occasional driving rain, this was the moment all Israelis had been dreading.
Trump, in his leaden inauguration speech, invoked an America of "explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers."
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