plodding
/ˈplɑdɪŋ/
adjective
- Moving or walking slowly and heavily, often with effort.
- The plodding oxen moved steadily across the muddy field.
- We could hear the plodding footsteps of the tired hiker on the trail.
- The plodding horse pulled the heavy cart up the hill.
- Slow, dull, and lacking excitement or progress.
- The movie was so plodding that I fell asleep halfway through.
- The project moved at a plodding pace, with no new ideas.
- His plodding speech made the audience lose interest.
noun
- The act of moving slowly and heavily, or a slow, steady way of doing something.
- The plodding of the old tractor could be heard from a mile away.
- After hours of plodding through the mud, they finally reached the camp.
- The plodding of the workers through the snow took all morning.