BELABORED Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

belabored

verb

past tense of belabor

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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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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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 belabored The gags are both belabored and feeble. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026 During Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, one health announcement came fast — the other was belabored at length. — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 9 June 2026 Jones belabored this point as well, once again citing packing too much and how a broken zipper can quickly turn messy if security is unable to quickly re-pack your belongings. — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026 His restraint suits a story in which machine-kind and humankind begin to feel shrink-wrapped together, the ghosts belabored by increasing social pressure, the humans jolted by high-voltage wires. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026 The stereotype of constructing the culture of a program in the mirror image of the head coach is belabored throughout every college football season. — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Its instructions are vague, its arguments belabored and its absurdist fables too plentiful. — Book Marks october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025

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Lisa is seeing what this experience could be for her, which only emphasized just how bad her current situation on RHOSLC is.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Morgan Stanley's wrapup of the recent World Robot Conference in Beijing emphasized a preference for leading parts makers, including Shuanghuan.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of emphasized

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For example, ExploitGym, a cybersecurity benchmark that was at the center of the July incident in which OpenAI’s models went rogue and attacked the company Hugging Face, was created in 2026.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
In the wake of Thursday’s ruling, a chorus of Missouri Republicans have attacked the court over its decision.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacked

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Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

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With students’ unmet needs often becoming more apparent in middle and high school, when academic demands increase and educators have less time and fewer resources to help, Ybarra stressed the importance of addressing those needs earlier.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
If your team achieves target KPIs and bigger business goals but is constantly stressed and burned out because of your leadership style, that success will likely only go so far and last so long.

— Sam Talya, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of stressed

Verb

In January, just days after the Bears’ magical 2025 dream run ended with a playoff loss, Poles was thrilled when Johnson slammed the back cover on that season and ordered everyone to start working for 2026.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The helicopter was on a training mission and hovering just feet above the grass next to the runway when the plane slammed into it.

— Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of slammed

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The team's official drumline, The Pack, pounded on illuminated drums during quarter breaks, while Skye, the team's sassy, blue-haired lioness mascot, jumped onto the T-shirt cannon to launch souvenir merchandise high into stadium seats.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
Rodriguez pounded the strike zone, issuing his only walk in the sixth inning.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of pounded

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In fact, during testing, the handheld triggered nostalgic memories of playing Final Fantasy Legend and Mario Land 2 on long car rides to my grandparents' house, but without the eye strain and being scolded for playing in the dark as the sun set.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of scolded

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Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
In the same series of Sunday morning posts, the president also lashed out at Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, for saying his endorsements of Republican candidates in primary elections this year had shown mixed results.

— Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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