leaden

leaden is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
2. adjective. Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
3. adjective. Heavy; dull; sluggish.
4. adjective. darkened with overcast

   "a dark day"

   "a dull sky"

   Synonyms: dull

5. adjective. lacking lightness or liveliness

   "heavy humor"

   "a leaden conversation"

   Synonyms: heavy

6. adjective. (of movement) slow and laborious

   "leaden steps"

   Synonyms: plodding

7. adjective. made heavy or weighted down with weariness

   "his leaden arms"

   "weighted eyelids"

   Synonyms: weighted

8. adjective. made of lead

   "a leaden weight"

Synonyms

dull, heavy, plodding, weighted

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in leaden:

aneled, leaned

Common word forms

leadens, leadened, leadenly, leadening, leadenness

Words from these letters

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