leaden (Meaning)
leaden (s)
darkened with overcast
made heavy or weighted down with weariness
(of movement) slow and laborious
lacking lightness or liveliness
leaden (a)
made of lead
leaden (a.)
Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
Heavy; dull; sluggish.
Synonyms & Antonyms of leaden
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- stirring
- inspiring
- engaging
- amazing
- awesome
- wondrous
- riveting
- marvellous
- engrossing
- stimulating
- sensational
- astonishing
- astonishing
- exhilarating
- thrilling
- gripping
- intriguing
- gripping
- wondrous
- exciting
- absorbing
- intriguing
- surprising
- engaging
- marvelous
- amusing
- exhilarating
- wonderful
- surprising
- interesting
- involving
- rousing
- spectacular
- rousing
- inspiring
- amusing
- spectacular
- astounding
- engrossing
- marvelous
- absorbing
- involving
- thrilling
- awesome
- stirring
- marvellous
- exciting
- stimulating
- wonderful
- astounding
- riveting
- sensational
- interesting
- amazing
Synonyms:
- arid
- mind-numbing
- jading
- stuffy
- monotonous
- annoying
- drab
- exhausting
- pallid
- numbing
- prosaic
- grey
- ponderous
- colorless
- humdrum
- flat
- jejune
- tame
- uninteresting
- ho-hum
- dreary
- stodgy
- pedestrian
- stale
- wearisome
- tedious
- irritating
- monochromatic
- drudging
- sterile
- tiresome
- gray
Antonyms:
- attractive
- invigorating
- touching
- galvanizing
- electrifying
- beguiling
- alluring
- beguiling
- fascinating
- touching
- fabulous
- galvanizing
- enthralling
- animating
- energizing
- attracting
- enthralling
- fascinating
- animating
- energizing
- bewitching
- rip-roaring
- breathtaking
- invigorating
- poignant
- attractive
- charming
- rip-roaring
- entertaining
- moving
- entrancing
- enlivening
- bewitching
- alluring
- enlivening
- fabulous
- attracting
- enchanting
- poignant
- breathtaking
- entrancing
- moving
- entertaining
- charming
- electrifying
- enchanting
Synonyms:
- palling
- aseptic
- uninspiring
- inanimate
- unimaginative
- pleasureless
- draining
- vapid
- soggy
- irksome
- debilitating
- unexciting
- poky
- wearing
- commonplace
- bothersome
- unspectacular
- discouraging
- common
- dispiriting
- undramatic
- dullish
- unnewsworthy
- unrewarding
- spiritless
- fatiguing
- plodding
- suspenseless
- disheartening
- unexceptional
- lumbering
- unsensational
- pedantic
- prosy
- blank
- blah
- earthbound
- cumbersome
- ordinary
- pokey
- demoralizing
- uneventful
- unsurprising
- barren
- enervating
- tepid
Antonyms:
leaden Sentence Examples
- The sky was leaden with clouds, threatening rain.
- The leaden weight in her pocket dragged her down, slowing her progress.
- The exhausted hiker felt a leaden heaviness in his limbs.
- The leaden waters of the river flowed slowly and silently.
- The old man's face was leaden and drawn, a reflection of his inner pain.
- The leaden odor of gasoline hung heavy in the air.
- The leaden thud of the ax against the wood echoed through the forest.
- The leaden color of the bruise contrasted sharply with the pale skin around it.
- The leaden sky cast a gloomy pall over the landscape.
- The leaden taste of the medicine lingered in her mouth, reminding her of her illness.
FAQs About the word leaden
darkened with overcast, made heavy or weighted down with weariness, made of lead, (of movement) slow and laborious, lacking lightness or livelinessMade of lead;
old, wearying, dusty, tiring, heavy, weary, dull,boring, slow, dry
stirring, inspiring, engaging, amazing, awesome, wondrous, riveting, marvellous, engrossing, stimulating
The sky was leaden with clouds, threatening rain.
The leaden weight in her pocket dragged her down, slowing her progress.
The exhausted hiker felt a leaden heaviness in his limbs.
The leaden waters of the river flowed slowly and silently.
