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leaden

adj. made of lead; "a leaden weight"

leaden, plodding

adj. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"

dull, leaden

adj. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"

weighty

adj. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"

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"

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

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"

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"

distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying

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"

punishing

adj. resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

difficult

adj. requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"

exhausting, tiring, wearing, 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"

brumous, foggy, hazy, misty

adj. filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"

cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless

adj. filled or abounding with clouds

cloudlike, nebular

adj. resembling a cloud

heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening

adj. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous

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"

light

adj. having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter"

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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