leaden

adj.

1. Made of or containing lead.
2. 1. Heavy and inert.
   2. 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.

leadenly lead'en·ly adv.
leadenness lead'en·ness n.

(LED-n)

adjective
1. Made of or resembling lead.
2. Heavy.
3. Lifeless; inert; lacking energy.
4. Dull, gray in color.

verb tr.
To make dull or sluggish.

Etymology
From Middle English leden, from Old English lædan.

Usage
"Stereotypes are peeled away to reveal stereotypes beneath, and a cast of experienced comic actors (among them Eddie Murphy's brother Charles) raise few laughs under Ms Davis's leaden direction." — Philip French; Cinema: Dark side of the American Dream; The Guardian (London, UK); Nov 28, 1993.

"Truth to tell, Ms. Frittoli's majestic Donna Anna (positively smoldering in Paris under the baton of James Conlon) failed to take off at the Met, where the leaden tempi of Sylvain Cambreling weighed her down like a ball and chain." — Matthew Gurewitsch; A Soprano Finds Truth and Poetry in Verdi; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Mar 18, 2003.

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adjective

Lacking energy and vitality or showing such a lack: flagging, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, limp, listless, lymphatic, spiritless. See action/inaction, tired/fresh.

adj

Definition: boring
Antonyms: interesting, lively

adj

Definition: gray
Antonyms: bright, cheerful

adj

Definition: sluggish
Antonyms: light, springy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bly-, tungt som bly, blytungt

Nederlands (Dutch)
loden, van lood, loodzwaar, drukkend, loodgrijs

Français (French)
adj. - grisâtre (le teint), (fig) de mort, écrasant (une atmosphère), lourd (une démarche), raide

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bleiern, aus Blei

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μολυβένιος, μολύβδινος, (μτφ.) βαρύς, "μολύβι", μολυβής, βαρυφορτωμένος (από σύννεφα κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
di piombo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de chumbo, pesado, deprimente

Русский (Russian)
свинцовый, тяжелый, медлительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de plomo, plúmbeo, plomizo, pesado, desanimado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bly-, blyaktig, tung, tryckande, dyster, blygrå, matt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
铅的, 沉闷的, 呆滞的, 铅质的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鉛的, 沈悶的, 呆滯的, 鉛質的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무거운 , 활기 없는 , 우울한, 열등한 , 납의, 납빛의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 鉛の, 鉛色の, 重苦しい, 鈍い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رصاصي مصنوع من الرصاص أو بلون الرصاص, ردئ النوع, ثقيل حتى الإرهاق, بطئ, كئيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי עופרת, כבד, אפור, איטי, מעיק, מדכא‬

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