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Synonyms & Antonyms for leaden
Synonyms
arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying
Antonyms
absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting
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Clouds yield Sunlight to the outstretched wing, Fast by the bow, held on the wing — Cut silver on a leaden field. — Lee Oser, National Review, "New London Ferry," 22 Aug. 2019 Unfortunately, a talented cast and terrific fight choreography can't keep the show from sinking under the weight of its leaden, uninspired script. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Review: Fight scenes are the only bright spot in grim, joyless Wu Assassins," 19 Aug. 2019 But excitement is hard to find in Joo-hwan Kim's The Divine Fury, a leaden good-vs-evil tale that takes issues of faith very, very seriously but fails to make K.O.-ing the Devil look the least bit fun. — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Divine Fury': Film Review," 15 Aug. 2019 But finally the plotting is so leaden and the fire fights so pro forma that not even the sight of the three Shafts in action can keep this film from sinking under its own weight. — Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, "Review: Despite Samuel L. Jackson, this ‘Shaft’ is down for the count," 12 June 2019 France and the Netherlands have taken back orphans in recent days, because those children are free from the leaden political baggage of having parents who might also want to return alongside them. — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, "They left Europe to fight with ISIS. Their home countries don’t want them back.," 20 June 2019 Perhaps that accounts for why a work that can be so dazzling onstage is so leaden transferred to the screen. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "With ‘Hamlet,’ to film or not to film hasn’t been much of a question," 27 June 2019 Thunder roars above apes’ wild calls All the time the rain pelted down, harder and harder, while lightning streaked across the leaden sky and crashing thunder almost drowned the wild calling of the apes. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019 But finally the plotting is so leaden and the fire fights so pro forma that not even the sight of the three Shafts in action can keep this film from sinking under its own weight. — Kenneth Turan, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: Despite Samuel L. Jackson, this ‘Shaft’ is down for the count," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'leaden.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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