LEADEN Synonyms: 199 Similar and Opposite Words

leaden

adjective

ˈle-dᵊn

Definition of leaden

as in boring

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest a leaden performance of a classic American play that nearly put us to sleep

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as in gray

of the color gray the leaden sky made everything seem dark and depressing

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Recent Examples of leaden When Ronaldo took possession, the 41-year-old striker looked leaden. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 18 June 2026 For how vibrant and buoyant the film’s cinematography, production design, and costume design are, the script and its laborious dialogue are twice as leaden. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026 On a rainy morning the vistas are wild and windswept, both sea and sky taking on leaden hues; on a sunny afternoon, the blue waves roll towards the land in hypnotic lines, merging into the sky. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026 But there was nothing overstuffed or leaden about Harth-Bedoya’s interpretation. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for leaden

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Adjective

As people outsource more of their thinking to software, the business world grows more homogeneous, risk-averse, predictable and, frankly, boring.

— David Farbman, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
My very boring father’s record collection suddenly came alive.

— Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of boring

Adjective

According to a preliminary investigation, the crash happened as a gray Toyota Camry sped south on Prospect.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
In Proserpina, eleven vertical yellow wooden rods, enrobed in layers of gray and maroon wire netting, increase in length around a wire-mesh spiral that reaches three feet at its tallest point.

— Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of gray

Adjective

Because mRNA technology bypasses the slow process of growing viruses in eggs, mRNA manufacturing allows for later influenza strain selection and fast production, unlike traditional vaccines.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
After his sudden death in 1960, Olivetti began a slow decline and was eventually broken up and merged with a telecommunications company.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of slow

Adjective

Both individuals then fled in a silver SUV, according to the warrant affidavit.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
On August 27, thieves made off with almost all of it, leaving behind only a small handful of silver vessels, one bracelet, ornaments, and one of four crowns, thought to have been dropped in their escape.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of silver

Adjective

This is a season so overwhelmingly dull that it’s taken three different gay guys to recap it.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Iñárritu seems to think this visual alone is funny, but that would require getting past the persistently dull and witless writing.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of dull

Adjective

And in storm-weary Hawaii, there’s the potential for catastrophic flooding from a growing Hurricane Nolo.

— John Raby, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
These short and intentional pauses from your tasks have been clinically proven to offer your weary brain a boost.

— Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of weary

Adjective

Trump’s super intelligence rebrand can ultimately be read in a couple ways, though arguably neither are particularly nuanced or incisive — just further indicative of the daily deluge of stupid.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic.

— James Marriott, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

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