1. leaden - Adjective
2. leaden - Verb
3. leaden - Adjective Satellite
Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
Heavy; dull; sluggish.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOver the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon. Terry Pratchett
Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath, The clamtrous lapwings feel the leaden death Oft, as the mounting larks their notes prepare They fall, and leave their little lives in air. Alexander Pope
Night, sable goddess from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Edward Young
He is as sharp as a leaden dagger. Dutch Proverb
In a golden sheath a leaden knife. Italian Proverb
God comes with leaden feet but strikes with iron hands. Russian Proverb