i Register
In some senses, leaden is marked as dated, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Made of lead.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
Where but to think is to be full of sorrow / And leaden-eyed despairs, / Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, / Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.
Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.
Dull; darkened with overcast.
the sky was leaden and thick
It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers.
verb
To make or become dull or overcast.