LEADEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does leaden mean?
• LEADEN (adjective)
The adjective LEADEN has 5 senses:
1. darkened with overcast
2. made heavy or weighted down with weariness
3. made of lead
4. (of movement) slow and laborious
5. lacking lightness or liveliness
Familiarity information: LEADEN used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• LEADEN (adjective)
Meaning:
Darkened with overcast
Synonyms:
leaden; gray; grey; dull
Context examples:
a dark day / a dull sky / a grey rainy afternoon / grey clouds / the sky was leaden and thick
Similar:
cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)
Meaning:
Made heavy or weighted down with weariness
Synonyms:
weighted; leaden
Context examples:
his leaden arms / weighted eyelids
Similar:
heavy (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness)
Meaning:
Made of lead
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a leaden weight
Pertainym:
lead (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey)
Meaning:
(of movement) slow and laborious
Synonyms:
plodding; leaden
Context example:
leaden steps
Similar:
effortful (requiring great physical effort)
Meaning:
Lacking lightness or liveliness
Synonyms:
leaden; heavy
Context examples:
heavy humor / a leaden conversation
Similar:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
