leaden

lead·en

L0084500 (lĕd′n)adj.1. Made of or containing lead.2. a. Heavy and inert.b. Listless; sluggish.3. Lacking liveliness or sparkle; dull: a leaden conversation.4. Downcast; depressed: leaden spirits.5. Dull, dark gray in color: drizzle from a leaden sky.

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lead′en·ly adv.lead′en·ness n.

leaden

(ˈlɛdən) adj1. heavy and inert2. laboured or sluggish: leaden steps. 3. gloomy, spiritless, or lifeless4. (Chemistry) made partly or wholly of lead5. of a dull greyish colour: a leaden sky. ˈleadenly adv ˈleadenness n

lead•en

(ˈlɛd n)
adj. 1. hard to lift or move: leaden feet. 2. dull, spiritless, or gloomy: leaden prose. 3. of a dull gray color: leaden skies. 4. oppressive: a leaden silence. 5. sluggish; listless: a leaden pace. 6. of poor quality or little value. 7. made or consisting of lead. v.t. 8. to make sluggish. [before 1000] lead′en•ly, adv. lead′en•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	leaden - darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"dullcloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
	2.	leaden - made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"weightedheavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
	3.	leaden - made of lead; "a leaden weight"
	4.	leaden - (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"ploddingeffortful - requiring great physical effort
	5.	leaden - lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"heavydull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

leaden

adjective1. grey, dingy, overcast, sombre, lacklustre, dark grey, greyish, lustreless, louring or lowering The weather was bitterly cold, with leaden skies.2. laboured, wooden, stiff, sluggish, plodding, stilted, humdrum a leaden English translation from the Latin3. lifeless, dull, gloomy, dismal, dreary, languid, listless, spiritless the leaden boredom of the Victorian marriage4. heavy, lead, crushing, oppressive, cumbersome, inert, onerous, burdensome The dull, leaden sickly feeling returned.

leaden

adjectiveLacking energy and vitality or showing such a lack:flagging, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, limp, listless, lymphatic, spiritless.

Translations

铅制的铅灰色的

lead²

(led) noun1. (also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal. lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper? 鉛 铅2. the part of a pencil that leaves a mark. The lead of my pencil has broken. 鉛筆芯 笔铅，铅笔芯 ˈleaden adjective1. lead-coloured. leaden skies. 鉛灰色的 铅灰色的2. made of lead. 鉛製的 铅制的