Join free

laboured

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

laboured

  • /ˈleɪ.bɚd/ US
  • /ˈleɪ.bəd/ UK

adjective more laboured · most laboured · labored

  1. UK Expressive of strenuous effort. At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
  2. UK, figuratively Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

verb labored

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of labour

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"laboured." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laboured. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

laboured. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laboured

Chicago

"laboured." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laboured.

BibTeX
@misc{laboured_2026,
  title = {laboured},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laboured},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}