leaden
adjective
[ ˈlɛd(ə)n ]
• dull, heavy, or slow.
• "his eyelids were leaden with sleep"
Similar:
dull,
heavy,
weighty,
listless,
lifeless,
inactive,
inert,
sluggish,
lumbering,
plodding,
cumbersome,
slow,
torpid,
laboured,
• of the colour of lead; dull grey.
• "a leaden sky"
Similar:
grey,
greyish,
grey-coloured,
black,
dark,
ashen,
cloudy,
gloomy,
overcast,
sombre,
dim,
sunless,
starless,
louring,
oppressive,
threatening,
dreary,
dismal,
dingy,
bleak,
dull,
murky,
sullen,
cheerless,
depressing,
tenebrous,
Cimmerian,
caliginous,
Origin:
Old English lēaden (see lead2, -en2).
