Leaden Definition

leaden
adjective
  1. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
  2. made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
  3. made of lead; "a leaden weight"
  4. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"
  5. lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"

Synonyms for leaden

cloudy

lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore

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dull

lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign

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effortful

requiring great physical effort

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gray

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells

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grey

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells

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heavy

slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" of comparatively great physical weight or

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plodding

(of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" hard monotonous routine work the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

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weighted

made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms

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