laboured — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Expressive of strenuous effort.

At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.

At Par, 150207 is the unit for the 1416 to Newquay. It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets. It sounds laboured as it leaves, and while it sounds like it's struggling as it tackles Luxulyan, it's not losing time.

2

Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

painful, slow, used

VERB + LABOURED

became, breathing, sounds, took

LABOURED + NOUN

hill

PREP.

up

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — requiring or showing effort

heavy
labored

adjective — lacking natural ease

labored
strained

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.

Wiktionary

02

At Par, 150207 is the unit for the 1416 to Newquay. It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets. It sounds laboured as it leaves, and while it sounds like it's struggling as it tac

Wiktionary

03

He laboured to restrain his desire to speak.

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04

I like his books, but you have to get used to his laboured style.

Tatoeba · #10355476

05

My breathing became more laboured.

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06

We laboured up a hill.

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Usage Notes

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