leaden
adjective
verb (used with object)
Origin of leaden
Related Words for leaden
weighty, ponderous, listless, lead, galena, pewter, plumbic, plumbiferous, plumbous, burdensome, depressed, oppressive, ashen, drab, dull, gray, pale, downcast, dreary, gloomyExamples from the Web for leaden
Contemporary Examples of leaden
Technically, White should seem out of step with our current pop-centric culture: leaden, irrelevant, dinosauric.
That there was a way to tell the story and not have been leaden—not be a chore or an ordeal.
The Romney-Ryan Medicare proposal is stunningly unpopular—and Romney left the debate firmly lashed to its leaden weight.
Historical Examples of leaden
As they approached it, the dull hue that lay upon it resembled that of the leaden sky.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Now the minutes dragged with leaden feet until Dick should come.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
The sky was dull and leaden, and cindery flakes of snow were thinly falling.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald
In the meantime the sun had retired behind thick, leaden clouds.
The ForestStewart Edward White
God's wrath comes with leaden feet, but it strikes with iron hands.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle