belabored

verb

Definition of belaborednext
past tense of belabor
1
as in emphasized
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt

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2
as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself

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3
as in licked
to strike repeatedly with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belabored
  1. emphasized
  2. attacked
  3. stressed
  4. slammed
  5. pounded
  6. abused
  7. whipped
  8. criticized
Verb
  • Murphy emphasized the need for a comprehensive immigration plan that considers both businesses and consumers.
    Matt Galka, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Distant quasar Matt Bradford, a NASA scientist involved in the research, emphasized the importance of this discovery.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of emphasized
Verb
  • The site has previously been attacked by Ukrainian drones.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Caretakers at All Things Wild Rehabilitation believe that Polly, a 1-year-old Pekin duck who's missing part of her bill, was dumped at a pond by her former owner and attacked by a snapping turtle.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • There isn’t one specific, universal food that people should avoid to get rid of chronic pain, Strath stressed.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Yet, the ultimate surprise was feeling stressed by policy demands.
    AllBusiness, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of stressed
Verb
  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Gomez, for instance, was slammed by Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez (who later apologized) over her Spanish in the film.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out the anticipatory purr of two ambulance engines idling nearby.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of pounded
Verb
  • President Joe Biden, or whoever is running the White House, grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Their shelters have cared for more than 22,000 sick, injured and abused pets in 2024, the most in a decade.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of abused
Verb
  • In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Some of Mangione's supporters have left messages of praise for him, while others have criticized the fundraising efforts.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Bo French, the chairman of the Tarrant County, Texas, GOP, criticized Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, alleging that an emphasis on DEI programs had undermined the military's effectiveness.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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