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

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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

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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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