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Adjective: leaden  le-d(u)n
  1. Darkened with overcast
    "the sky was leaden and thick"
    - dull
     
  2. Made heavy or weighted down with weariness
    "his leaden arms"
    - weighted
     
  3. Made of lead
    "a leaden weight"
     
  4. (of movement) slow and laborious
    "leaden steps"
    - plodding
     
  5. Lacking lightness or liveliness
    "a leaden conversation"
    - heavy

See also: cloudy, dull, effortful, heavy, hebetudinous, lead[2]