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labored

/'l/eI/b/@/rd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, <i>labored</i> poetry; a <i>labored</i> style.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. lacking natural ease

    adj.all

    Examples
    A labored style of debating.
    Synonyms laboured strained

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. requiring or showing effort

    adj.all

    Examples
    The subject made for labored reading.
    Synonyms heavy laboured

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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