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   Lead·en

   /ˈled(ə)n/

   

   adjective

   • 1. dull, heavy, or slow: "his eyelids were leaden with sleep" Similar dullheavyweightylistlesslifelessinactiveinertsluggishheavylumberingploddingcumbersomeslowtorpidlaboredOpposite lightspringy
   • ▪ of the color of lead; dull gray: "the snow fell from a leaden sky" Similar graygrayishgray-coloredblackdarkashencloudygloomyovercastsomberdimsunlessstarlesslouringoppressivethreateningdrearydismaldingybleakdullmurkysullencheerlessdepressingliterary:tenebrousrare:CimmeriancaliginousOpposite brightcheerful
   • ▪ made of lead: "a leaden coffin"

   Word Origin Old Englishlēaden (see lead2, -en2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. leadenly adverb
   • 2. leadenness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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