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LEADEN
dull, leaden
(adjective) darkened with overcast; “a dark day”; “a dull sky”; “the sky was leaden and thick”
heavy, leaden
(adjective) lacking lightness or liveliness; “heavy humor”; “a leaden conversation”
leaden, plodding
(adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious; “leaden steps”
leaden, weighted
(adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness; “his leaden arms”; “weighted eyelids”
leaden
(adjective) made of lead; “a leaden weight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)
(dated) Made of lead.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
Dull; darkened with overcast.
Verb
leaden (third-person singular simple present leadens, present participle leadening, simple past and past participle leadened)
(ambitransitive) To make or become dull or overcast.
Anagrams
• Delena, andele, aneled, leaned, nealed
Source: Wiktionary
Lead"en, a.
1. Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
2. Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
3. Heavy; dull; sluggish. "Leaden slumber." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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