leaden.

1. Made from or containing lead.

2. Dull grey in a way that resembles lead.

3. Heavy, slow, or weighed down by weariness or gloom.

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Words that belong together

• leaden weight
• leaden seal

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A leaden seal hung from the folded charter.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Material sense normally non-gradable; comparative more leaden and superlative most leaden in colour or figurative heaviness senses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.