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单词 labored
释义

labored

adjective

la·​bored ˈlā-bərd How to pronounce labored (audio)
: produced or performed with labor
labored breathing
also : lacking ease of expression
a labored speech

Example Sentences

The patient's symptoms included a rapid pulse and labored breathing. The movie's dialogue seems very labored.
Recent Examples on the Web Brandon struggled with multiple officers for roughly five minutes until his labored breathing appeared to stop, according to video of the Aug. 14 incident. Julian Mark, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 Heart failure leads to kidney failure, which worsens the heart failure, which makes breathing feel more labored. Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2022 Tapia de Veer used voices from a Colombian mother and her daughter as well as his own labored breathing from playing the flute on the track. Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2022 The labored breathing lasted until about 9:10 p.m., when a correctional officer performed a consciousness check consisting of shouting James’ name, flicking his eyelid and pinching his arm. Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 28 July 2022 Gambrell took his dad, Gary Fowler, to hospital after hospital over the course of several days in the spring of 2020 as his breathing grew more and more labored. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022 For people living with allergic asthma, though, this time of year is often the height of endless sneezing, labored wheezing, and generally feeling downright miserable. Katherine Bowles, SELF, 18 May 2022 Some signs to determine if a dog is overheated are frantic panting, extreme salivation and labored breathing, says the AKC. Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 My chest tightened and my breathing became labored. The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

labored

adjective

la·​bored
ˈlā-bərd
: produced or done with effort or difficulty
labored breathing

Medical Definition

labored

adjective

la·​bored ˈlā-bərd How to pronounce labored (audio)
: produced or performed with difficulty or strain
labored breathing

labored 1 of 2

adjective

as in concocted

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • concocted
  • manufactured
  • strained
  • forced
  • contrived
  • fabricated
  • assumed
  • pretended
  • pat
  • affected
  • automatic
  • canned
  • mechanical
  • feigned
  • hokey
  • simulated
  • unreal
  • hollow
  • unnatural
  • mock
  • pseudo
  • exaggerated
  • unrealistic
  • artificial
  • phony
  • studied
  • sham
  • plastic
  • bogus
  • unauthentic
  • fake
  • hypocritical
  • factitious
  • theatrical
  • spurious
  • cultivated
  • overdone
  • insincere
  • empty
  • put-on
  • false
  • melodramatic
  • facile
  • calculated
  • unctuous
  • histrionic
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • phoney
  • theatric
  • wooden
  • overacted
  • deliberate
  • mincing
  • stylized
  • conscious
  • impersonal
  • genteel
  • conventional
  • two-faced
  • formal
  • cute
  • rigid
  • cutesy
  • artful
  • simpering
  • left-handed
  • double-dealing
  • premeditated
  • inflexible
  • overrefined
  • stiff
  • goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • artless
  • natural
  • genuine
  • unaffected
  • real
  • spontaneous
  • bona fide
  • true
  • authentic
  • right
  • realistic
  • unfeigned
  • sincere
  • smooth
  • honest
  • easy
  • unforced
  • effortless
  • uncontrived
  • unconscious
  • unpretending
  • unstudied
  • ingenuous
  • impromptu
  • instinctive
  • extemporaneous
  • impulsive
  • unrehearsed
  • unprompted
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labored

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verb

past tense of labor
as in struggled
to devote serious and sustained effort the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • struggled
  • worked
  • wrought
  • toiled
  • endeavored
  • tried
  • travailed
  • sweated
  • strove
  • slaved
  • strived
  • tugged
  • drudged
  • hustled
  • plowed
  • sweat
  • fagged
  • plodded
  • grubbed
  • slogged
  • humped
  • strained
  • banged away
  • plugged
  • sweat blood
  • moiled
  • dug (away)
  • sweated blood
  • attacked
  • pegged (away)
  • exerted
  • exercised
  • essayed
  • beavered (away)
  • pitched in
  • dug in
  • drove
  • knuckled down
  • scratched
  • overexerted
  • overworked
  • waded
  • eked out
  • trudged
  • scrabbled
  • hammered (away)
  • buckled (down)
  • applied (oneself)
  • put out
  • ground (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slackened
  • broke
  • idled
  • rested
  • loafed
  • eased (up)
  • chilled
  • shirked
  • lounged
  • dallied
  • lazed
  • hung (around or out)
  • let up
  • relaxed
  • hanged (around or out)
  • played
  • basked
  • hung
  • lolled
  • hacked (around)
  • reposed
  • slacked (off)
  • bummed
  • dabbled
  • trifled
  • unwound
  • goofed (off)
  • dillydallied
  • hanged
  • goldbricked
  • footled
  • vegged out
  • doodled
  • hung about
  • fooled around
  • puttered (around)
  • pottered (around)
  • fribbled
  • goofed (around)
  • monkeyed (around)
  • messed around
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