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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. (of movement) slow and laborious
    "leaden steps";
    - plodding
     
  4. Lacking lightness or liveliness
    "a leaden conversation";
    - heavy
     
  5. Made of lead
    "a leaden weight"

See also: cloudy, dull, effortful, heavy, hebetudinous [rare]