Associations to the word «Laboured»

Wiktionary

LABOURED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of labour
LABOURED, adjective. Of an action that is difficult to perform.
LABOURED, adjective. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

Dictionary definition

LABOURED, adjective. Lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating".
LABOURED, adjective. Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats