lead·en

(lĕd′n)

adj.

1. Made of or containing lead.

a. Heavy and inert.

b. 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.

lead′en·ly adv.

lead′en·ness n.

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leadenness

noun

A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity:

dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor.

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