LEADEN Synonyms
0 hypernym for leaden. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for LEADEN
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| dull | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • lacking in liveliness or animation • emitting or reflecting very little light • not keenly felt • not having a sharp edge or point adjective satellite • being or made softer or less loud or clear • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness • (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • (of business) not active or brisk • blunted in responsiveness or sensibility • not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft • darkened with overcast verb • make dull in appearance • become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping • make numb or insensitive • make dull or blunt • become less interesting or attractive • make less lively or vigorous | ||||||
| heavy | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • of comparatively great physical weight or density • unusually great in degree or quantity or number • of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment • marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness • of great intensity or power or force • (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight noun • an actor who plays villainous roles • a serious (or tragic) role in a play adverb • slowly as if burdened by much weight adjective satellite • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it • (used of soil) compact and fine-grained • darkened by clouds • (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter • of relatively large extent and density • made of fabric having considerable thickness • prodigious • full and loud and deep • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought • slow and laborious because of weight • large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work • dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal • sharply inclined • full of; bearing great weight • requiring or showing effort • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort • lacking lightness or liveliness • (of sleep) deep and complete • in an advanced stage of pregnancy | ||||||
| dead | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat noun • people who are no longer living • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense adverb • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers • quickly and without warning adjective satellite • very tired • unerringly accurate • physically inactive • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive • devoid of physical sensation; numb • lacking acoustic resonance • not yielding a return • not circulating or flowing • not surviving in active use • lacking resilience or bounce • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown • no longer having force or relevance • the complete stoppage of an action • drained of electric charge; discharged • devoid of activity | ||||||
| inactive | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly • (military) not involved in military operations • not exerting influence or change • (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct • lacking in energy or will • lacking activity; lying idle or unused • not engaged in full-time work • not active physically or mentally adjective satellite • (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert • not in physical motion | ||||||
| inert | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • unable to move or resist motion • having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive • slow and apathetic | ||||||
| lifeless | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • deprived of life; no longer living • destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings • lacking animation or excitement or activity • not having the capacity to support life | ||||||
| ponderous | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • slow and laborious because of weight • having great mass and weight and unwieldiness • labored and dull | ||||||
| sluggish | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • slow or slothful • (of business) not active or brisk • slow and apathetic | ||||||
| weighty | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • having relatively great weight; heavy adjective satellite • powerfully persuasive • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought • weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry • excessively fat | ||||||
| plodding | adjective adj | |||||
noun • hard monotonous routine work • the act of walking with a slow heavy gait adjective satellite • (of movement) slow and laborious | ||||||
| weighted | adverb, adjective adv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • made heavy or weighted down with weariness • adjusted to reflect value or proportion | ||||||