laboured

laboured US, labored [ˈleɪbəd]

adj

1. (of breathing) performed with difficulty

2. showing effort; contrived; lacking grace or fluency

labouredly  US, laboredly adv

labouredness  US, laboredness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	laboured - lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" labored, strained awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
	2.	laboured - requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" labored, heavy effortful - requiring great physical effort

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laboured

adjective

1. difficult, forced, strained, heavy, awkward From his slow walk and laboured breathing, she realized he was not well.

2. contrived, studied, affected, awkward, unnatural, overdone, ponderous, overwrought The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose.

Translations

laboured labored (US) [ˈleɪbəd] ADJ [breathing] → pesado; [style] → forzado; [text] → farragoso, recargado

laboured [ˈleɪbə^rd] (British) labored (US) adj

[breathing] → laborieux/euse

[movement] → laborieux/euse

[style] → laborieux/euse
the laboured writing of a seven-year-old → l'écriture laborieuse d'un enfant de sept ans

laboured, (US) labored

adj → schwerfällig; breathing → schwer

laboured labored (Am) [ˈleɪbəd] adj (breathing) → affannoso/a; (style) → pesante

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laboured labored (Am) [ˈleɪbəd] adj (breathing) → affannoso/a; (style) → pesante