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
• 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
• vituperated
• cursed
• harassed
• sailed into
• bashed
• castigated
• lambasted
• harried
• trashed
• reviled
• potshot
• lit into
• berated
• harangued
• reprimanded
• affronted
• disparaged
• slurred
• belittled
• beat up on
• execrated
• whipped
• blasphemed
• chastised
• imprecated
• slandered
• vilified
• profaned
• lashed (out)
• 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
• attacked
• beat
• knocked
• pelted
• thumped
• punched
• slammed
• hit
• pummeled
• spanked
• batted
• did
• assaulted
• mauled
• bludgeoned
• punched out
• buffeted
• hammered
• bashed
• hided
• smashed
• smacked
• chopped
• clubbed
• thrashed
• whacked
• lathered
• laced
• slogged
• worked over
• flogged
• roughed (up)
• fibbed
• lambasted
• tanned
• threshed
• swiped
• wounded
• paddled
• boxed
• switched
• messed (up)
• tromped
• rushed
• curried
• slated
• raided
• whaled
• basted
• pommeled
• whupped
• belted
• walloped
• cracked
• swatted
• drubbed
• assailed
• birched
• bunged up
• stormed
• beset
• laid on
• descended (on or upon)
• pasted
• whopped
• cuffed
• strapped
• jumped (on)
• socked
• beat up on
• clobbered
• thwacked
• lacerated
• pounced (on or upon)
• lammed
• mangled
• clouted
• flagellated
• cudgeled
• busted
• scourged
• horsewhipped
• mutilated
• blackjacked
• whomped
• whammed
• maimed
• gored
• pistol-whipped
• caned
• fustigated
• leathered
• cowhided
• rawhided

Example Sentences

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