leadenadjective
uk/ˈled.ən/us/ˈled.ən/leaden adjective (GREY)
literary dark grey:
leaden skies
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Darkness & becoming dark
- black
- blackness
- blackout
- dark
- darken
- deepen
- dingy
- draw
- draw in
- dull
- half-light
- inky
- moonless
- pitch-dark
- shade
- shadowy
- shady
- silhouette
- Stygian
- the gloaming
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leaden adjective (WITHOUT ENERGY)
disapproving without energy or feeling:
a leaden expression/performance
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- lifeless
- middle-aged
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- stolid
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
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