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Adjectives (5)
leaden
adj. made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
plodding
adj. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"
gray, grey, sullen
adj. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
Fuzzynyms (18)
heavy, weighty
adj. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
ponderous, cumbersome, cumbrous
adj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"
resolute
adj. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"
unmistakable, decided, beyond doubt
adj. clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"
solved, resolved
adj. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"
bulldog, tenacious, unyielding, dour, dogged, pertinacious
adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
steady
adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"
Synonyms (50)
burdensome, onerous, taxing
adj. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
sound, deep, profound
adj. (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
troubling, distressful, distressing, perturbing
adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
oppressive
adj. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
heavy, hard, slavish, arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, labourious, punishing, strenuous, toilsome
adj. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
difficult
adj. requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"
wearing, exhausting, tiring, wearying
adj. producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
heavy, labored, laboured
adj. requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
foggy, brumous, hazy, misty
adj. filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"
overcast, cloud-covered, clouded, sunless
adj. filled or abounding with clouds
cloudlike, nebular
adj. resembling a cloud
lowering, dark, heavy, threatening
adj. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
miasmal, miasmic, vaporous
adj. filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"
smoggy
adj. clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; "the smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles"
Antonyms (5)
light
adj. psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart"
sunny
adj. abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining morning"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"
bright, shiny, sunshiny
adj. abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining morning"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"
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