Labored
11labored — la|bored [ leıbərd ] adjective 1. ) speaking, writing, or performing in a way that is not natural or interesting because it seems as though you are making too much effort: I thought the book was rather labored in parts. 2. ) if someone s… …
12labored — adjective 1) labored breathing Syn: strained, difficult, forced, laborious 2) Wang s labored alibi only hurt his defense Syn: contrived, strained, stilted, forced, stiff, unnatural, artificial …
13labored — la•bored [[t]ˈleɪ bərd[/t]] adj. 1) done or made with difficulty; heavy: labored breathing[/ex] 2) showing the effects of great effort; strained: labored writing[/ex] • Etymology: 1525–35 la′bored•ly, adv …
14labored — adjective 1. lacking natural ease a labored style of debating • Syn: ↑laboured, ↑strained • Similar to: ↑awkward 2. requiring or showing effort heavy breathing …
15labored — adjective Of an action that is difficult to perform. At the end of the marathon, her labored breathing told us she was exhausted …
16labored — la·bored lā bərd adj produced or performed with difficulty or strain <labored breathing> …
17labored — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Latinate, affected, alliterating, alliterative, arabesque, arduous, artificial, assonant, awkward, backbreaking, baroque, belabored, bombastic, burdensome, busy, chanting, chichi, chiming, cliche ridden,… …
18labored — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. heavy, difficult; stiff, formal, unnatural. See difficulty, inelegance.Ant., easy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. forced, strained, heavy; see difficult 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. strained,… …
19labored — la|bored [ˈleıbəd US bərd] adj the American spelling of ↑laboured …
20labored — la·bored || leɪbÉ™(r)d adj. done with difficulty, heavy (as of breathing); forced, constrained; artificial, unnaturaln. strenuous physical or mental work, toil, exertion; job or work that must be accomplished; work force, workers; working… …
