Laboured

Antonyms for laboured:

effortless, graceful.

Synonyms for laboured:

Other synonyms and related words:

grueling, forced, laborious, lowering, threatening, lumbering, impenetrable, toilsome, ponderous, arduous, hard, sound, punishing, clayey, cloggy, backbreaking, leaden, weighty, stiff.

laboured (noun)

labored, heavy, effortful, strained, awkward.

Usage examples for laboured:

• Benedetto replied impulsively, with laboured breath and clasped hands. - "The Saint", Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer.
• In another day they would be among the thousands who lived, and laboured, and suffered in it. - "Janet's Love and Service", Margaret M Robertson.
• It was a laboured speech, and Tony was very glad to have got it over. - "The Truants", A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason.