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[ ley-berd ] / ˈleɪ bərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR labored ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedone or made with difficulty; heavy: labored breathing. exhibiting a great deal of effort; lacking grace, fluency, or spontaneity: a labored prose style. Origin of laboredFirst recorded in 1525–35; labor + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR labored2 overdone, ornate, unnatural, stiff. SEE SYNONYMS FOR labored ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR labored1 simple, easy. 2 plain, natural. SEE ANTONYMS FOR labored ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for labored2. See elaborate. OTHER WORDS FROM laboredla·bored·ly, adverbla·bored·ness, nounun·la·bored, adjectivewell-labored, adjectiveWords nearby laboredlaboratory, laboratory diagnosis, laboratory school, labor camp, Labor Day, labored, laborer, labor force, labor-intensive, laborious, Laborism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for laboredThat was a very long, labored death scene, which worked very well in the end. Life After Deaths: Sean Bean on 'Game of Thrones' Paternity and 'Legends'|Jason Lynch|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Others held him up as a great statesman who labored for international peace. How Jackie Kennedy Invented the Camelot Legend After JFK’s Death|James Piereson|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Rarely in modern history have so many in Washington labored so hard and produced so little. Washington Is Waiting for Godot as President Obama’s Second-Term Agenda Stalls|Howard Kurtz|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Bin Laden, Zawahiri, and their associates were caught off guard by the storm and have labored to understand its impact. Fawaz A. Gerges on How the Arab Spring Beat Al Qaeda|Fawaz A. Gerges|May 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Babies who suffer from type I will suffer from labored breathing, trouble feeding, swallowing, and even supporting their heads. ‘Bucket List’ Baby Avery Canahuati: Facts About Spinal Muscular Atrophy|Andrew Carter|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST There is no science, but he hathe learned it thorowly, and so learned it, that you wolde thynke he had labored onely in it. A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry Through the labored indifference of his speech, Douglass detected a certain restrained hopefulness and his face grew serious. The Song of the Wolf|Frank Mayer He rose heavily to his feet and labored to and fro across the floor, with his beefy hands clasped behind his back. The Story of the Foss River Ranch|Ridgwell Cullum To have lived and labored and died for the right—nothing can be sublimer. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll Rich men, unused to physical exertion, labored by the side of the workingmen digging trenches in which to bury the dead. The San Francisco Calamity|Various
Words related to laboredcontrived, awkward, arduous, strained, ponderous, clumsy, forced, studied, affected, overdone, hard, heavy, inept, maladroit, operose, overwrought, stiff, strenuous, toilsome, unnatural |