Synonyms of belabored

belabored

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emphasized
• stressed
• dwelt (on or upon)
• paid (up)
• underscored
• dwelled (on or upon)
• harped (on)
• pointed (up)
• accented
• underlined
• accentuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• disregarded
• overlooked
• forgot
• passed over
• slighted
• slurred (over)
• overpassed

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• slammed
• scolded
• abused
• criticized
• blasted
• insulted
• assailed
• savaged
• excoriated
• jumped (on)
• scathed
• tied into
• cursed
• vituperated
• harassed
• sailed into
• bashed
• castigated
• lambasted
• harried
• trashed
• reviled
• potshot
• lit into
• berated
• harangued
• reprimanded
• affronted
• disparaged
• slurred
• chided
• belittled
• beat up on
• execrated
• whipped
• blasphemed
• chastised
• imprecated
• slandered
• vilified
• profaned
• lashed (out)
• libelled
• libeled
• fulminated
• laced (into)
• traduced
• rebuked
• blackguarded
• chid
• aspersed
• put down
• bad-mouthed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• commended
• hailed
• acclaimed
• complimented
• lauded

3

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• pounded
• lashed
• whipped
• battered
• slapped
• pelted
• attacked
• beat
• knocked
• punched
• slammed
• thumped
• batted
• hit
• did
• pummeled
• spanked
• mauled
• assaulted
• bludgeoned
• punched out
• hided
• chopped
• bashed
• hammered
• buffeted
• smashed
• smacked
• clubbed
• whacked
• laced
• thrashed
• lathered
• slogged
• worked over
• pummelled
• flogged
• roughed (up)
• fibbed
• lambasted
• wounded
• tanned
• whupped
• threshed
• paddled
• swiped
• boxed
• whapped
• switched
• messed (up)
• tromped
• rushed
• curried
• slated
• pommelled
• raided
• whaled
• basted
• pommeled
• cracked
• belted
• walloped
• assailed
• drubbed
• swatted
• stormed
• birched
• bunged up
• beset
• laid on
• pasted
• descended (on or upon)
• whopped
• cuffed
• strapped
• jumped (on)
• socked
• cudgelled
• beat up on
• clobbered
• thwacked
• lacerated
• pounced (on or upon)
• lammed
• mangled
• clouted
• flagellated
• busted
• cudgeled
• scourged
• horsewhipped
• mutilated
• blackjacked
• whomped
• whammed
• maimed
• gored
• bust
• pistol-whipped
• caned
• fustigated
• leathered
• cowhided
• rawhided