adjective
- Darkened with overcast.
- usage: "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
- synonyms: dull
- Made heavy or weighted down with weariness.
- usage: "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
- synonyms: weighted
- Made of lead.
- usage: "a leaden weight"
- Of movement. ( slow and laborious)
- usage: "leaden steps"
- synonyms: plodding
- Lacking lightness or liveliness.
- usage: "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
- synonyms: heavy
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