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What is another word for
laboured
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Adjective
Done with difficulty, or requiring great effort
Affected or stilted in manner or character
Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, typically to impress
Dubious, fanciful, and not likely to be true
Boring or severely lacking in interest
(
of handwriting
)
Very small and difficult to decipher
Lacking in speed
Done to excess
Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements
(
of a quality or result
)
Achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort
Fond of reading or studying
Awkward or uncoordinated in movement or in handling things
Verb
To have applied oneself diligently to a task or effort
Past tense for to agonize over something
Past tense for to greatly emphasize a point or issue
Past tense for to move or jolt around unsteadily or abruptly
Past tense for to persevere or continue with a task or stance despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
Past tense for to cause anguish or distress to
Past tense for to work (oneself) overly hard
Past tense for to break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting
Past tense for to repeatedly mention a subject
Past tense for to exert for the sake of training, especially in fields requiring toughness or discipline
Past tense for to struggle or be afflicted with hardship or something undesirable
Past tense for to carry out a role or penalty
Past tense for to shape or form a given material
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Adjective
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Done with difficulty, or requiring great effort
laborious
arduous
difficult
hard
strained
strenuous
toilsome
tortuous
effortful
ponderous
tortured
operose
awkward
heavy
uphill
demanding
exacting
taxing
gruelling
UK
challenging
grueling
US
tough
labored
US
onerous
exhausting
burdensome
backbreaking
rigorous
trying
severe
rough
herculean
moiling
tiring
testing
punishing
fatiguing
wearying
formidable
sweaty
tall
back-breaking
Herculean
knackering
killing
wearisome
rugged
hellacious
killer
murderous
Augean
exigent
tiresome
stiff
harsh
grinding
painful
pick-and-shovel
excruciating
troublesome
wearing
brutal
draining
unbearable
hellish
debilitating
stressful
sapping
toilful
energy-consuming
tough going
no picnic
relentless
tedious
vigorous
daunting
bruising
oppressive
unremitting
torturous
serious
shattering
depleting
slavish
difficile
persnickety
irksome
colossal
harrowing
intolerable
extreme
staggering
worksome
bothersome
uncomfortable
agonizing
US
fierce
unsparing
agonising
UK
weighty
crushing
enervating
dicey
prohibitive
awful
really hard
problem
intimidating
ominous
hazardous
insufferable
hairy
easier said than done
merciless
nerve-racking
titanic
sticky
mighty
torturesome
unpleasant
unendurable
gargantuan
tormenting
not easy
unforgiving
hard-won
distressing
drudgy
grim
unyielding
galling
ambitious
immense
jarring
intense
upstream
vicious
marathon
cruel
forbidding
troubling
solemn
painstaking
thorny
distressful
unnerving
very hard
ferocious
almighty
impossible
gigantic
grievous
savage
scabrous
problematic
cumbersome
uphill battle
crippling
high-pressure
discomforting
physical
steep
Sisyphean
leaden
contrived
artificial
overwhelming
soul-sucking
monumental
mammoth
no piece of cake
wicked
mean
dour
dogged
forced
slow
busy
hectic
exerting
boring
wretched
high-impact
backbreaker
like getting blood out of a stone
hardworking
work-intensive
tricky
knotty
delicate
ticklish
prickly
sensitive
problematical
dodgy
touchy
vexatious
disturbing
nasty
worrying
catchy
tricksy
worrisome
upsetting
spiny
complicated
precarious
intricate
complex
uncertain
unsettling
dangerous
stringent
disagreeable
involved
inconvenient
irritating
perplexing
vexing
annoying
disquieting
fraught
chancy
risky
exasperating
controversial
traumatic
frustrating
harassing
concerning
critical
agitating
aggravating
perilous
uneasy
bitter
grave
tense
embarrassing
nettlesome
perturbing
iffy
baffling
convoluted
unstable
niggling
alarming
maddening
nagging
disconcerting
gnarly
dire
puzzling
discomposing
carking
anxious
unsafe
pestilent
menacing
rankling
troubled
creepy
unsteady
threatening
pesky
enervative
abrasive
riling
bleak
harrying
peeving
dismaying
chafing
nettling
plaguy
pestiferous
provoking
pestilential
parlous
rebarbative
pesty
plaguey
restless
discommoding
austere
rocky
unpredictable
touch-and-go
volatile
treacherous
infernal
infuriating
nerve-wracking
insecure
unsound
loaded
tight
confounded
vexed
emotive
inhuman
incommodious
searing
hostile
hardhanded
cussed
nervous
anxious-making
discouraging
hefty
troublous
pressured
spartan
dark
displeasing
nail-biting
unrelenting
terrible
dubious
fraught with danger
scary
grating
unwelcome
unsure
strict
jeopardizing
US
unhealthy
terrifying
unreasonable
unpleasing
shaky
jeopardising
UK
fiddly
excessive
elaborate
pressing
unmanageable
depressing
impressive
capricious
weary
vulnerable
charged
bad
exposed
teasing
antagonizing
US
desperate
major
offensive
enraging
venturesome
antagonising
UK
dynamite
intensive
sophisticated
immoderate
embarrassed
sombre
UK
somber
US
embittering
massive
contentious
bold
mystifying
nice
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
at risk
unhandy
grandiose
intractable
dreadful
profound
searching
superincumbent
temperamental
mercurial
changeable
inconstant
fickle
variable
daring
frightening
aggressive
humiliating
imperious
clumsy
objectionable
drastic
extravagant
ungainly
lofty
irking
inexorable
sinister
intrusive
compromising
inhospitable
thorough
clunky
unfriendly
suspect
questionable
confronting
provocative
afflicting
cringey
time-consuming
disruptive
energetic
flustering
cringeworthy
gut-wrenching
doubtful
cumbrous
bedevilling
UK
unwieldy
discomfiting
cranky
drudging
bunglesome
sober
comfortless
unamusing
full of problems
punchable
uncongenial
large-scale
disastrous
cringe-making
consequential
hard-hitting
beset by problems
in danger
a stinker of a
bedeviling
US
up and down
high-risk
ugly
in jeopardy
on thin ice
playing with fire
Russian roulette
anxiety-ridden
huge
exorbitant
unfair
prodigious
thoroughgoing
stretching
prostrating
paradoxical
racking
withering
unfathomable
impenetrable
abstruse
chastening
subtle
tender
heartrending
catch-22
unrelaxing
murder
messy
shocking
powerful
punitive
hurtful
heartbreaking
heart-rending
bemusing
heated
character-building
unjust
overtaxing
overpowering
unrelaxed
penetrating
edgy
large order
heavy sledding
kittle
divisive
scandalous
bewildering
incomprehensible
confounding
unsettled
eventful
straitened
stern
forceful
heroic
courageous
fiendish
panicky
uncharitable
unkind
repugnant
devilish
like herding cats
stilted
ungracious
overburdening
lamentable
deplorable
calamitous
biting
radical
extensive
hair-trigger
undependable
despotic
domineering
afflicted
devil of a
harmful
checkered
US
tendentious
chequered
UK
disappointing
unchancy
erratic
fluctuant
flakey
US
mangy
leprous
hot
impractical
demeaning
degrading
jeopardous
lethal
haphazard
lively
ghastly
foul
horrible
rotten
horrid
vile
very difficult
festering
antipathetic
incalculable
trouble
emotionally draining
high-energy
a nuisance
lumbersome
an imposition
tickly
kid-glove
appalling
atrocious
frightful
horrendous
abominable
untimely
discountenancing
slippery
audacious
startling
meaningful
pregnant
unsatisfying
unattractive
exciting
dolorous
bumpy
foreboding
considerable
significant
life-threatening
acute
built on sand
industrious
advanced
shameful
cliffhanging
dramatic
itchy
distressed
afflictive
scratchy
gloomy
explosive
a devil
sobering
big
peracute
toe-curling
grand
intrepid
unrealistic
grotty
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
pessimistic
uncompromising
hard to use
complete
sweeping
revolutionary
impeding
prophetic
pretentious
visionary
irreducible
knife-edge
coarse
scaly
thought-provoking
improbable
ballsy
brash
idealistic
unfeasible
white-knuckle
lousy
beastly
magnificent
hard-line
hard-nosed
heavy-handed
fanciful
unreal
unlikely
from hell
harrasive
deep
reflective
far-fetched
flaky
UK
ungovernable
recalcitrant
insupportable
perverse
wayward
difficult to achieve
thoughtful
confrontational
a bummer of a
bulky
improper
unacceptable
egregious
insightful
unmanoeuvrable
hulking
death-defying
beyond bearing
not to be borne
lumbering
encumbering
uncontrollable
gross
more ❯
“With each passing treatment, her
laboured
breathing became less
laboured
and the threat of being re-intubated decreased.”
Adjective
▲
Affected or stilted in manner or character
artificial
affected
forced
unnatural
contrived
stilted
strained
stiff
awkward
overdone
studied
unconvincing
overwrought
not spontaneous
labored
US
feigned
fake
false
mechanical
mannered
pseudo
pretended
simulated
phoney
UK
phony
US
assumed
put-on
mock
spurious
insincere
wooden
hollow
plastic
sham
bogus
pretend
put on
factitious
constrained
self-conscious
overworked
uneasy
fakey
exaggerated
unrelaxed
grudging
faked
overripe
actorly
manufactured
pseud
laborious
theatrical
uncomfortable
ham
hammy
unspontaneous
binding
conscripted
rigid
inflexible
begrudging
stringent
coercive
forcible
bound
rehearsed
improvised
stagy
overblown
counterfeit
superficial
imitation
posed
mincing
posey
playacting
melodramatic
affectated
counterfeited
fraud
conceited
imitated
elaborate
planned
hokey
manipulated
recherche
fixed
voulu
staged
reserved
embarrassed
guarded
far-fetched
reticent
overly planned
distant
cool
controlled
cold
aloof
stand-offish
formal
punctilious
austere
prim
correct
decorous
proper
ceremonious
stuffy
priggish
starchy
frigid
nice
icy
stiff-necked
campy
nonnatural
meretricious
deceptive
fraudulent
hypocritical
snide
two-faced
specious
fictitious
ersatz
unctuous
double
not genuine
fishy
lying
pretentious
Pecksniffian
faux
misleading
forged
cod
canting
duplicitous
double-dealing
make-believe
dissembling
not kosher
left-handed
mealymouthed
pharisaical
professed
ostensible
faithless
jivey
glib
oily
unreliable
feigning
unauthentic
deluding
smooth
pharisaic
inauthentic
pirate
wrong
quasi-
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
smooth-spoken
smooth-tongued
backhanded
mealy
jive
lip
purported
double-faced
Janus-faced
framed
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
queer
bent
copied
delusory
crock
delusive
synthetic
fabricated
supposititious
quasi
virtual
pseudonymous
suppositious
won't fly
soft shell
self-styled
not real
not legit
made-up
bland
assuming
captious
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
so-called
imaginary
seeming
apparent
avowed
surface
invented
concocted
deceitful
adopted
bluffing
shammed
falsified
impostrous
charlatan
cheating
concealed
dissimulated
imposturous
dishonest
untrue
dummy
arty-farty
precious
untrustworthy
untruthful
hypocritic
simpering
apish
camp
genteel
highfaluting
chichi
airish
conscious
artsy
Tartuffian
Pharisaical
Pharisaic
stuck up
gone Hollywood
wannabe
as it were
would-be
to all intents and purposes
more ❯
“The man behind the desk gave a
laboured
smile as he stood and shook Todd's outstretched hand.”
Adjective
▲
Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, typically to impress
grandiloquent
bombastic
rhetorical
flowery
oratorical
florid
magniloquent
pretentious
orotund
overblown
highfalutin
fustian
pompous
ornate
aureate
rhetoric
overripe
inflated
euphuistic
purple
overwrought
windy
verbose
overdone
tumid
ostentatious
declamatory
sonorous
lofty
magnific
wordy
pleonastic
gassy
hifalutin
gaseous
strained
labored
US
flatulent
hyperventilated
periphrastic
Homeric
Miltonian
histrionic
haughty
swollen
epic
windbag
euphistic
high-flown
high-sounding
big-talking
tall-talking
turgid
flamboyant
Ossianic
over-elaborate
elaborate
baroque
convoluted
fancy
grandiose
rococo
stilted
affected
fulsome
overdecorated
ornamented
busy
fussy
overworked
over-embellished
over-ornate
figurative
sesquipedalian
ornamental
contrived
embellished
arty-farty
cluttered
gingerbread
overelaborate
gingerbreaded
gingerbready
bedizened
exaggerated
overembellished
excessively ornate
decorative
luscious
garnished
rich
ponderous
puffed
stodgy
over-the-top
overornate
extravagant
prolix
diffuse
redundant
euphemistic
self-important
stuffy
superficial
metaphorical
overstated
crowded
over-detailed
untidy
excessive
mixed-up
messy
muddled
disarranged
staged
disorderly
excessively ornamental
frilly
chintzy
showy
eloquent
formal
hyperbolic
complicated
articulate
mouthy
effusive
silver-tongued
decorated
theatrical
big
pedantic
erudite
scholarly
flashy
Ciceronian
imposing
dramatic
epideictic
Demosthenic
Demosthenean
bombast
wedding-cake
fluent
rotund
elegant
exalted
detailed
glamorous
complex
bright
bedecked
long-winded
lavish
poetic
la-di-da
ranting
voluble
gaudy
literary
tumescent
written
grand-sounding
glib
vocal
grand
adorned
glitzy
resplendent
overwritten
loud
sumptuous
brilliant
stagy
vivid
elocutionary
splashy
beautiful
curlicued
over the top
boastful
braggart
bragging
bookish
gilded
glossy
jeweled
US
flaunting
embroidered
variegated
magnificent
sparkling
fine
dazzling
colored
US
coloured
UK
jewelled
UK
arabesque
Falstaffian
puffed-up
very elaborate
high-wrought
fancily decorated
highly wrought
majestic
impressive
mannered
actorly
high-falutin
high-minded
snobbish
blathering
oratorial
blustering
overheated
rhapsodic
loudmouthed
balderdash
bold
stuffed shirt
overinflated
discursive
full of hot air
involved
egotistic
booming
melodramatic
arresting
elevated
heroic
prim
rhapsodical
overestimated
long
learned
bizarre
grotesque
verbal
linguistic
gilt
boasting
portentous
stylistic
lexiphanic
fervid
impassioned
persuasive
gesturing
forceful
gesticulative
senatorial
noisy
expressive
intoning
important
noble
stentorian
vibrant
colourful
UK
lurid
colorful
US
brash
garish
flaring
striking
festooned
corinthian
luxuriant
dignified
eye-catching
solemn
flash
tawdry
meretricious
opulent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dubious, fanciful, and not likely to be true
unlikely
improbable
implausible
doubtful
dubious
unbelievable
incredible
inconceivable
questionable
unconvincing
fantastic
unimaginable
flimsy
fanciful
preposterous
remote
absurd
unrealistic
ridiculous
suspect
slight
faint
rare
fabulous
labored
US
strange
unapt
strained
tall
incongruous
contrary
untoward
far-fetched
not likely
hard to swallow
cock-and-bull
unheard-of
hard to take
outside chance
cock and bull
less likely
out of the ordinary
fishy
forced
unthinkable
scarcely credible
illogical
bizarre
incoherent
unnatural
contrived
fantastical
incredulous
weak
unconceivable
uncompelling
difficult to believe
beyond belief
hard to believe
elaborate
exaggerated
hokey
overdone
beyond the bounds of possibility
mind-boggling
suspicious
inauthentic
inconsequential
impossible
unbelieveable
queer
recondite
eccentric
farfetched
astonishing
outlandish
astounding
extraordinary
staggering
breathtaking
unimagined
phenomenal
untenable
unsound
insupposable
not able to hold water
rings phony
unsubstantial
highly unlikely
incogitable
not in the least likely
out of the question
uncredible
unpersuasive
specious
trifling
thin
feeble
lame
unsatisfactory
inadequate
pathetic
ponderous
transparent
ineffectual
shallow
poor
unimpressive
half-baked
not convincing
full of it
ludicrous
outrageous
nonsensical
unusual
weird
crazy
odd
uncommon
unreal
unreasonable
wild
peculiar
exceptional
farcical
unique
extravagant
singular
surprising
curious
remarkable
abnormal
debatable
irrational
laughable
off the wall
foolish
sensational
unexpected
insane
atypical
amazing
hare-brained
cockamamie
dubitable
anomalous
unwonted
wacky
false
spectacular
aberrant
disputable
offbeat
iffy
unfamiliar
oddball
freak
too much
comical
shocking
mad
unheard of
whimsical
off-the-wall
misleading
full of holes
senseless
especial
inane
unaccustomed
aberrated
silly
pointless
unconventional
equivocal
fatuous
special
risible
far out
prodigious
preternatural
monstrous
harebrained
won't wash
embellished
zany
grotesque
funny
wondrous
fabricated
puzzling
hyperbolic
uncustomary
shady
reachy
irregular
stupendous
distorted
different
problematic
idiotic
striking
novel
whacky
uncanny
unorthodox
freaky
daft
nutty
imbecilic
noteworthy
cockeyed
make-believe
derisory
conspicuous
loony
awesome
mind-blowing
won't hold water
miraculous
unordinary
overblown
kooky
untruthful
untrue
incomprehensible
out of the way
obscure
embroidered
arguable
unreliable
infrequent
undreamed-of
impracticable
quirky
stupid
illusory
extraordinaire
shaky
goofy
romantic
deviant
dishonest
grandiose
untrustworthy
notable
insubstantial
balmy
freakish
wonderful
asinine
infeasible
barmy
screwy
brainless
derisive
uncertain
witless
unforeseen
for the birds
eye-popping
exceeding
cuckoo
crackpot
outstanding
looney
featherheaded
cockamamy
kookie
far-out
memorable
tenuous
unanticipated
beyond one's wildest dreams
half-witted
unlooked-for
out of this world
flawed
unhoped-for
something else
contradictory
chimeric
chimerical
imaginary
unspeakable
ineffable
unutterable
invented
left-field
unplausible
unknowable
histrionic
excessive
unworkable
dreamlike
visionary
overwhelming
exorbitant
isolated
arresting
outré
phony
US
extreme
scarce
untold
marvellous
UK
marvelous
US
simpleminded
hilarious
meaningless
nebulous
gnarly
cock-eyed
sporadic
artificial
vain
phoney
UK
reaching
puerile
foolhardy
sublime
hallucinatory
blown up
tremendous
stunning
self-contradictory
flakey
US
flaky
UK
lunatic
unwise
daffy
surreal
suppositious
unprecedented
unthought of
doubtable
untypical
dotty
screwball
inconsistent
dippy
lunkheaded
bubbleheaded
amazeballs
batty
made-up
scatterbrained
undreamed of
out-of-the-way
unparalleled
not on
beyond the realm of reason
hundred-to-one
not to be thought of
unsure
atypic
eminent
refreshing
out of sight
open to doubt
awe-inspiring
weak-minded
way out
undependable
fairy-tale
distinctive
considerable
enigmatic
vague
complicated
slim
faulty
unsubstantiated
inconclusive
insupportable
momentous
imaginative
out there
romanesque
glamourous
glamorous
unforgettable
eye-catching
imcomprehensible
unthought-of
unsuspected
undreamt-of
caricatural
erratic
capricious
ambitious
mercurial
beyond possibility
unsustainable
unsupportable
invalid
sketchy
irreconcilable
indefensible
spurious
groundless
hollow
serious
unco
mysterious
wackadoodle
bewildering
nonconformist
infantile
crazy-ass
mystifying
baffling
wackadoo
illusive
potty
vacuous
mindless
deviating
imprudent
rum
funky
quixotic
weirdo
bleak
heavy
flash
forby
awful
legendary
portentous
eye-opening
immense
derisible
moronic
airy
illegitimate
unreasoning
inconsequent
nonrational
fallacious
unfounded
unreasoned
distinguished
prominent
significant
unacceptable
uncharacteristic
alien
lamebrained
extremely implausible
extremely unlikely
extremely doubtful
sick
dope
irresponsible
rad
contemptible
never to be forgotten
beyond reason
won't fly
extremely difficult to believe
overdramatic
sensationalized
US
reckless
spaced-out
off-kilter
off beaten path
seldom
weird and wonderful
foolheaded
feather-brained
sappy
inflated
overstated
out of the common
standout
off-centre
thin on the ground
occasional
few and far between
short-sighted
ill-conceived
beyond all reason
bird-brained
out of all reason
inappropriate
excellent
not expected
out-of-this-world
dodgy
divergent
unbalanced
slim and none
likely
jaw-dropping
aberrational
like a dream come true
out of the blue
devious
deviate
top drawer
inexplicable
seldom seen
ill
sensationalised
UK
O.T.T.
a bit much
OTT
over the top
unconforming
undecided
unconfirmed
speculative
unsettled
indescribable
past belief
non-typical
problematical
increditable
very good
shonky
taking the cake
high-flown
on thin ice
touch-and-go
long shot
fat chance
imagined
out of bounds
highly coloured
phantasmal
open
phantom
unclear
phantasmic
pseudo
imaginal
fantasied
suspected
untrusted
unachievable
exotic
potentially dangerous
potentially false
not quite right
open to suspicion
under suspicion
not kosher
unattainable
inapprehensible
delusive
impressive
fictive
fancied
unobtainable
unfeasible
immaterial
exciting
hopeless
unviable
nonexistent
impalpable
forlorn
impractical
undoable
insurmountable
one of a kind
intangible
supposititious
off the beaten track
figmental
unrealizable
insuperable
irresoluble
insolvable
unsolvable
not understandable
phantasmagoric
paradoxical
irresolvable
pretended
ostensible
seeming
impervious
insoluble
inaccessible
useless
inexecutable
impassable
futile
irrealizable
dreamed-up
non-existent
hardly possible
not possible
no-way
not a prayer
not worth considering
beyond one
no-go
non-viable
like herding cats
beyond you
contrary to reason
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Boring or severely lacking in interest
ponderous
boring
tedious
monotonous
dull
uninteresting
tiresome
dreary
wearisome
humdrum
pedestrian
drab
slow
flat
stale
tiring
wearying
heavy
stodgy
leaden
dry
numbing
colorless
US
colourless
UK
stuffy
jejune
jading
old
drudging
arid
monochromatic
tame
dusty
weary
stupid
lifeless
vapid
plodding
laborious
turgid
barren
pedantic
labored
US
cardboard
mind-numbing
ho-hum
unimaginative
heavy-going
uninspired
wooden
unexciting
stilted
banal
difficult
serious
over-serious
formal
staid
unoriginal
derivative
fuddy-duddy
deadly dull
verbose
insipid
stiff
dim
weighty
banausic
prosaic
sluggish
heavy going
forced
depressed
downcast
dull as ditchwater
dry as dust
deadly
hard to digest
uneventful
bland
commonplace
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
uninspiring
run-of-the-mill
routine
mundane
spiritless
blah
trite
characterless
sterile
unvaried
unremarkable
samey
unvarying
tired
workaday
dead
repetitious
fatiguing
ordinary
wishy-washy
prosy
mediocre
everyday
repetitive
soporific
common
nothing
quotidian
nondescript
enervating
exhausting
nowhere
bloodless
bromidic
torpid
feeble
weak
monochrome
limp
unstimulating
vacuous
ho hum
vanilla
lame
featureless
mechanical
draggy
lustreless
dull as dishwater
unanimated
inoffensive
unexceptional
anaemic
UK
uniform
dullsville
zestless
platitudinous
antiseptic
hackneyed
lusterless
soul-destroying
inane
usual
anemic
US
unrelieved
non-stimulating
monotone
dreich
middle-of-the-road
lacking variety
plain
depressing
nothing to write home about
average
unmemorable
mindless
pallid
conventional
unpassioned
unlively
normal
empty
quiet
sleepy
slack
static
innocuous
expressionless
stagnant
desolate
pabulum
treadmill
soulless
bog-standard
matter-of-fact
white-bread
plebeian
plain vanilla
weariful
dragging
unenjoyable
dismal
unentertaining
unchanging
garden-variety
no great shakes
common or garden
day-to-day
yawnsome
big yawn
lacking excitement
lacking interest
undistinctive
neutral
indistinct
uninterested
tepid
sleep-inducing
irritating
annoying
raw
sorrowful
dispiriting
damp
oppressive
wintry
US
windy
wintery
UK
unobjectionable
harmless
mainstream
inert
safe
halfhearted
diluted
boresome
vexatious
recurrent
overlong
typical
customary
regular
boiled down
without punch
prolix
bleak
dowdy
threadbare
reiterated
monotonic
samely
unchanged
interminable
mortal
poky
snooze
toneless
garden variety
gray
US
deadening
passionless
unspirited
grey
UK
irksome
unproductive
unprogressive
inactive
endless
pointless
vacant
without variety
a dime a dozen
unfeeling
milk-and-water
watery
unexcited
mat
dulled
unexpressive
matte
one-horse
all the same
sing-song
apathetic
flat as pancake
listless
puts one to sleep
standard
OK
dead-and-alive
not fun
long-drawn-out
unseasoned
unpalatable
blind
sapless
muted
whitebread
uncreative
passive
truistic
lethargic
undistinguished
simple
emotionless
lead balloon
namby-pamby
so-so
half-pie
terrestrial
cold
inarticulate
incomprehensible
incoherent
slothful
lowly
not so hot
zero
not up to much
straightforward
hollow
square
inexpressive
yawn
businesslike
unemotional
unembellished
unadorned
joyless
lank
spent
deadpan
clean
lacking vitality
two-dimensional
dense
unreadable
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
nitty-gritty
badly written
ornery
meager
US
meagre
UK
lacking variation
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of handwriting
)
Very small and difficult to decipher
crabbed
labored
US
cramped
unreadable
awkward
bad
illegible
indecipherable
scribbled
shaky
spidery
hieroglyphical
pinched
small
irregular
scrawled
unintelligible
hard to read
undecipherable
indistinct
squiggly
hieroglyphic
unclear
faint
obscure
cacographic
hard to make out
clear as mud
difficult to read
obscured
indiscernible
incomprehensible
unfathomable
indistinguishable
pale
faded
untidy
Adjective
▲
Lacking in speed
slow
unhurried
leisurely
sluggish
creeping
dawdling
deliberate
lagging
measured
easy
slow-moving
laggard
plodding
ponderous
leaden
loitering
moderate
gentle
relaxed
sedate
slow-going
steady
comfortable
dilatory
labored
US
lazy
sluggardly
tardy
tortoise-like
undemanding
unrushed
crawling
dallying
dillydallying
dragging
languid
leaden-footed
lethargic
listless
pokey
poking
poky
snaillike
snail-like
snail-paced
behindhand
idle
lackadaisical
laggy
late
lollygagging
slothful
torpid
apathetic
delaying
dreamy
drowsy
imperceptible
indolent
inert
passive
phlegmatic
postponing
procrastinating
tortoiselike
remiss
supine
cumbersome
lumbering
dull
tedious
heavy
slow but sure
sleepy
languorous
limp
inactive
spiritless
enervated
languishing
tired
stagnant
indifferent
dopey
slack
comatose
lymphatic
weak
laid-back
flagging
impassive
weary
lifeless
fatigued
blah
unenergetic
energyless
somnolent
unconcerned
uninterested
unenthusiastic
snoozy
gradual
moony
sleepyhead
nebbish
slow-paced
slow-footed
weakening
slumberous
tiring
wearying
wilting
droopy
faint
blahs
pining
sickly
infirm
wimpy
feeble
vigourless
lumpish
otiose
shiftless
effete
hebetudinous
bovine
faltering
dormant
lacking in energy
lacking energy
slumping
slowing down
still
fading
vigorless
sleeping
loafing
soporous
soporose
motionless
numb
declining
stolid
quiescent
fainéant
pococurante
Laodicean
benumbed
narcotic
vacant
stupid
stuporous
paralyzed
US
static
faineant
sodden
latent
paralysed
UK
inattentive
mopish
insouciant
lukewarm
laid back
absent
neutral
bored
abstracted
heedless
careless
hulking
easygoing
giving up
out of it
half-hearted
overgrown
lubberly
elephantine
drooping
sagging
lead-footed
heavy-footed
shambling
dozy
draggy
yawny
down
sluggard
logy
neurasthenic
asthenic
sleepyheaded
mooney
off
drippy
heavy-eyed
half asleep
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Done to excess
overdone
excessive
exaggerated
disproportionate
inordinate
undue
fulsome
immoderate
overstated
extravagant
inflated
overripe
overworked
too much
effusive
gushing
labored
US
needless
over-effusive
over-elaborate
overemphasised
UK
overemphasized
US
over-enthusiastic
unfair
unnecessary
unreasonable
actorly
affected
forced
hyped
melodramatic
preposterous
sensationalistic
stagy
theatrical
beyond the pale
camp
OTT
O.T.T.
overelaborate
elaborate
highly coloured
a bit much
hyped up
over the top
beyond all bounds
laid on with a trowel
overblown
overweening
larger-than-life
hyperbolized
over-the-top
hyperbolic
steep
magnified
bloated
extreme
overwrought
overplayed
overdrawn
overestimated
overdramatized
outsized
outsize
dramatic
blown up
attention-grabbing
flamboyant
showy
flashy
blown-up
garish
gaudy
loud
exorbitant
puffed-up
blown out of proportion
puffed up
lavish
unconscionable
outrageous
stiff
overmuch
insane
plethoric
intolerable
overextravagant
towering
overdue
devilish
unrestrained
fancy
pretentious
unmerciful
baroque
amplified
aggrandized
extraordinary
tall
exalted
sensational
sensationalist
schmaltzy
embellished
overkill
unrealistic
hammy
impossible
stylized
embroidered
histrionic
spectacular
fantastic
fabulous
farfetched
too-too
highly colored
a bit thick
out of proportion
pompous
hyperventilated
intemperate
profuse
superfluous
graphic
explicit
rubbishy
cheap
lurid
trashy
kitschy
tasteless
pulp
tacky
juicy
screaming
yellow
scandalous
catchpenny
shock-horror
gee-whiz
full-frontal
whiz-bang
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements
elaborate
complex
complicated
detailed
intricate
involved
convoluted
sophisticated
thorough
painstaking
particularised
UK
particularized
US
tangled
extensive
fancy
full
particular
studied
tortuous
byzantine
careful
complicate
daedal
entangled
exact
involute
involuted
labyrinthian
labyrinthine
minute
perfected
precise
serpentine
baffling
bewildering
circumstantial
confusing
gingerbread
impenetrable
imposing
inextricable
knotty
labored
US
prodigious
skilful
UK
skillful
US
many-faceted
overdone
overworked
refined
Byzantine
Daedalian
Gordian
blow-by-blow
highly wrought
high tech
meticulous
difficult
baroque
perplexing
puzzling
scrupulous
exhaustive
accurate
rigorous
tricky
hard
punctilious
unfathomable
thorny
confused
strict
obscure
searching
undecipherable
attentive
assiduous
sedulous
close
conscientious
recondite
abstruse
complete
in-depth
mystifying
problematical
fastidious
comprehensive
diligent
delicate
methodical
enigmatic
intensive
inscrutable
deep
troublesome
fiddly
cryptic
tough
interlaced
exacting
strenuous
advanced
specific
thoroughgoing
subtle
nice
religious
finicky
incomprehensible
confounding
explicit
sweeping
mind-bending
fussy
demanding
nuanced
industrious
heedful
problematic
laborious
correct
profound
faithful
orderly
ultra-careful
loving
itemized
US
jumbled
persnickety
winding
multifaceted
ornate
full of twists and turns
twisted
mazy
mixed
fine
cumbersome
multifarious
dense
studious
pedantic
challenging
encyclopedic
US
itemised
UK
deliberate
encyclopaedic
UK
esoteric
fathomless
abstract
unclear
dedicated
solid
mind-boggling
pernickety
perfectionist
difficult to understand
by the book
by the numbers
elaborated
seriatim
devious
circuitous
variegated
heterogeneous
muddled
earnest
systematic
widespread
dainty
ramified
all-inclusive
critical
high-tech
mixed up
knotted
serious
all-embracing
drawn-out
maze-like
exquisite
hairsplitting
insoluble
long-drawn-out
arduous
unanswerable
judicious
provident
unintelligible
Daedalean
thoughtful
cautious
circumspect
hi-tech
formidable
prim
regardful
concerned
inexplicable
observant
picky
selfdisciplined
chary
discreet
vexing
rambling
gnarly
unsolvable
mysterious
paradoxical
going to great lengths
mystical
thought-provoking
layered
inordinate
unwieldy
radical
mazelike
taxing
state-of-the-art
clever
gimmicky
new
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthal
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
definite
ravelled
UK
sinuous
drastic
developed
selective
rococo
enumerated
raveled
US
composite
compounded
miscellaneous
multiplex
mixed-up
mosaic
mingled
multiple
manifold
multiform
conglomerate
motley
compound
extreme
insolvable
revolutionary
intrinsic
topical
plotty
in depth
point-by-point
elite
daunting
operose
profuse
abundant
plentiful
lavish
rich
copious
ample
long-winded
stage by stage
step by step
at length
major
awkward
spiny
hairy
appropriate
actual
dark
liberal
sufficient
thinking twice
extremely careful
can of worms
concerted
disconcerting
concentrated
well-crafted
high-level
higher-level
perfect
determined
personal
immediate
satisfying
weighty
murky
hidden
concealed
resolute
experienced
well-made
finical
faultless
intense
in detail
broad-ranging
top-level
active
energetic
well-executed
uncanny
heavy
worrying
exclusive
compendious
fine-drawn
superior
finicking
finespun
nifty
firsthand
direct
penetrating
untold
desperate
persistent
insistent
ambiguous
hard to solve
beyond comprehension
beyond one's grasp
enigmatical
hard to explain
above your head
hazy
opaque
over one's head
cyclopedic
efficient
embracive
absolute
essential
elemental
total
ultra-fine
hairline
dead on
winning
unerring
incorrupted
panoramic
all-out
inclusive
omnibus
universal
clocklike
specialised
UK
specialized
US
as clear as mud
hard to understand
consummate
intimate
special
categorical
unqualified
first-hand
leaving no stone unturned
all-encompassing
cover-all
all-in
broad-gauge
broad-gauged
persevering
punctual
conscionable
fussbudget
stickler
hard-working
sticky
sensitive
ticklish
prickly
tricksy
touchy
catchy
arcane
dodgy
unaccountable
nasty
wildering
beyond one
occult
controversial
Delphic
trying
dicey
mystic
uncertain
precarious
vexed
secret
irksome
vexatious
risky
bothersome
concerning
cabalistic
befuddling
volatile
cabbalistic
clear as mud
upsetting
sibylline
unstable
hermetic
hermetical
surprising
rocky
dangerous
chaotic
emotive
nettlesome
secretive
little known
oracular
roundabout
indirect
strange
misleading
embarrassing
unknowable
rarefied
multidimensional
incognizable
disorienting
messy
ungraspable
acroamatic
orphic
technical
unsteady
lengthy
impossible to understand
unpredictable
uncomfortable
capricious
temperamental
mercurial
chancy
changeable
inconstant
fickle
variable
vague
impossible
inconceivable
bamboozling
oblique
recherché
Greek to me
out of your depth
nebulous
clear as dishwater
unintuitive
amazing
perplexed
odd
weird
loaded
peculiar
stunning
astonishing
eye-popping
staggering
contradictory
inconsistent
little-known
out-of-the-way
unpleasant
bemusing
frustrating
funny
harassing
annoying
contentious
stupefying
astounding
muddling
indivisible
inseparable
tender
severe
provocative
disarranged
disorganized
US
iffy
fiendish
problem
like herding cats
heated
blurring
unsettling
kid-glove
veiled
divisive
scandalous
varied
disordered
full of surprises
beyond you
kittle
muddlesome
mistakable
inaccessible
clandestine
polygonal
shadowy
between the lines
unimaginable
devilish
unstraightforward
hard to follow
covert
shrouded
disorganised
UK
kaleidoscopic
elliptical
avant
higher
pluridimensional
hair-trigger
verbose
overlong
deceptive
unrelatable
Greek
riddling
uninterpretable
elliptic
private
irreducible
devil of a
inner
coded
unexplained
higher level
magical
clouded
cloaked
erudite
perverse
cunning
far-out
not easily understood
double-edged
indecisive
fuliginous
illegible
incredible
illogical
indissoluble
impossible to separate
all Greek to someone
double Dutch
beats me
too hard to understand
too difficult to understand
unrevealed
anagogic
cloak-and-dagger
black
all Greek to you
multilayered
difficult to follow
fussbudgety
choosy
choosey
old-maidish
meandering
many-sided
circular
twisting
indecipherable
ambagious
anfractuous
sphinxlike
collateral
winding around
going around
by way of
back road
long way
long way around
indiscernible
undependable
quirky
nitpicking
touch-and-go
more complex
more advanced
more sophisticated
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a quality or result
)
Achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort
studied
deliberate
calculated
considered
knowing
planned
intentional
conscious
premeditated
purposeful
measured
reasoned
advised
wilful
aforethought
designed
thoughtful
prepense
willful
voluntary
volitional
weighed
careful
contrived
prepared
willing
examined
investigated
studious
mannered
affected
artificial
feigned
forced
guarded
labored
US
strained
overdone
overworked
plotted
reviewed
thought-out
self-conscious
well-considered
thought-about
thought-through
gone into
intended
purposive
done on purpose
preconceived
witting
willed
pre-planned
prearranged
set
thought out in advance
contemplated
purposed
strategic
judicious
determined
designful
well-thought-out
well thought out
predetermined
unforced
wanton
prudent
thought out
deliberately planned
rational
on purpose
meant
computed
aimed
cold-blooded
meditated
preconcerted
reasoning
reflective
responsible
informed
proposed
cogent
lucid
methodical
circumspect
sensible
justified
intelligent
commonsense
predestined
contracted
anticipated
schemed
predesigned
scrupulous
rigged
planned out
learned
predeterminate
express
fixed
thought through
well advised
well-founded
well chosen
sober
pondered
provident
tactical
sewn-up
politic
well thought-out
laid-out
set-up
with forethought
framed up
organized
US
organised
UK
diplomatic
shrewd
scheduled
projected
carefully chosen
autonomous
gratuitous
selected with care
cunning
well-planned
outlined
prospective
cat-and-mouse
estimated
independent
wished
chosen
controlled
with intent
rehearsed
programmed
expected
slated
envisioned
promised
due
targeted
required
destined
pinned
arranged
set up
hoped-for
asked for
counted on
wished-for
in the making
on the docket
according to a plan
entrepreneurial
cognizant
mindful
wary
meditative
aware
planful
cut-and-dried
steered
marked
directed
preset
preplanned
settled
agreed
cut and dried
inevitable
encoded
established in advance
inexorable
pre-decided
arranged in advance
precogitated
forethought
decided beforehand
pre-established
bound
pre-agreed
doomed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Fond of reading or studying
bookish
erudite
intellectual
learned
academic
donnish
highbrow
pedantic
scholarly
studious
accomplished
cultured
educated
knowledgeable
bluestocking
brainy
cerebral
earnest
impractical
ivory-towerish
pedagogical
serious
thoughtful
clerkly
egghead
intelligent
labored
US
lettered
scholastic
smart
swotty
well educated
well informed
well-informed
well read
well-read
widely read
literary
literate
cultivated
clever
pedagogic
enlightened
civilized
US
formal
civilised
UK
well-educated
wise
genius
schooled
versed
sapient
discerning
formalistic
illuminated
sophisticated
sharp
sagacious
sage
scientific
didactic
schoolish
doctrinaire
abstruse
bright
inkhorn
informed
brilliant
trained
well versed
book-loving
tutored
professorial
taught
pompous
ostentatious
stilted
punctilious
arid
egotistic
fussy
priggish
hairsplitting
sententious
overnice
dry
particular
nit-picking
dull
educational
pedantical
esoteric
precise
academical
switched-on
intellectualist
intellectualistic
keen
coached
highbrowed
classical
belletristic
bookly
alert
eggheaded
geeky
intellective
perceptive
conversant
polymath
studied
gifted
instructed
exceptional
nerdish
blue
nerdy
in the know
insightful
fast
longhair
supersmart
rational
ultrasmart
well-versed
hyperintelligent
deep
quick-witted
sensible
knowing
well-taught
eager
bookworm
sussed
assiduous
well schooled
aware
schoolmasterly
long-haired
book-learned
with great knowledge
psychologic
pointy-headed
recondite
well versed in
creative
precocious
expert
skilled
inventive
percipient
competent
logical
genial
prudent
heady
perspicacious
astute
solid
philosophical
grounded
posted
philosophic
well-rounded
judicious
well-grounded
omniscient
sound
solemn
grave
pansophic
quick
very smart
polished
experienced
savvy
school
discriminating
nurtured
into
professional
formed
fitted
developed
shaped
enriched
acquainted
corrected
prepared
finished
initiated
nimble
intellectually aware
wise up
college
collegiate
university
able
sharp-witted
whip-smart
book smart
familiar
au courant
abreast
up-to-date
au fait
up
clued-up
up to date
in the picture
plugged in
versant
on the ball
cognizant
canny
down
clued up
genned up
tuned in
no stranger to
up on
shrewd
good
at home
up to speed
in the loop
well up on
with it
understanding
proficient
plugged-in
conscious
seasoned
reasoned
urbane
knowledgeable about
hip
justified
well informed about
familiar with
refined
well-reasoned
well-founded
primed
genteel
abreast of
apprised
polite
well briefed
apprised of
in touch
advanced
comprehending
filled in
plugged into
courteous
couth
au courant with
at home with
clued up on
used to
cognizant of
experienced in
in on
wise to
hip to
mannerly
reasonable
levelheaded
coherent
well-bred
sober
well reasoned
profound
valid
commonsensical
well thought out
just
well-advised
commonsense
appreciative
firm
briefed
commonsensible
practised
UK
acute
cunning
great
practical
ingenious
across
qualified
slick
up with
practiced
US
observant
apprized
sentient
abreast of the facts
together
wily
calculating
accustomed
alive
capable
responsible
kept posted
clued in
all there
skilled in
proficient in
up to speed on
informed about
up to date on
genned up on
au fait with
switched on
all-knowing
in the know about
at ease with
all-seeing
acquainted with
versed in
with-it
tuned-in
politic
deliberated
intuitive
well-briefed
strategic
tactful
cogitative
contemplative
desirable
argute
foresighted
tactical
careful
elegant
well judged
well advised
full of insight
tasteful
sensitive
crafty
artistic
prescient
gallant
liberal
witting
chivalrous
artful
in
apprehensive
privy
streetwise
tolerant
esthetic
US
having your finger on the pulse
savant
distingue
traveled
US
arty
foxy
aesthetic
UK
travelled
UK
hep to
on to
turned on
with an understanding of
with a knowledge of
know one's stuff
leet
hep
practised in
perfect in
on the beam
down with
realistic
plugged in to
clued in on
part of the circle
cognizant in
familiarized
US
in the circle
advised
knowing the score
knowing what's what
familiarised
UK
pragmatic
geared up
high-class
sane
artistically aware
street-smart
cluey
blue-stocking
balanced
with good taste
confident
well-acquainted
sure
circumspect
hard
analytical
mature
on top of things
in control
competent at
conversant with
confident with
analytic
gracious
introduced
well up in
mindful
discreet
farsighted
cosmopolitan
consequent
well-thought-out
down-to-earth
level-headed
matter-of-fact
full of common sense
no-nonsense
having all one's marbles
steady-going
in one's right mind
serious-minded
veteran
worldly
crack
ace
virtuoso
complete
skilful
UK
master
consummate
skillful
US
crackerjack
compleat
professed
masterful
masterly
adept
infinite
unprovincial
stellar
tasty
penetrating
well mannered
preeminent
all-wise
pansophical
almighty
dynamite
well versed
hot
top-notch
top-shelf
clear-sighted
having been around
clear-eyed
worldly-wise
apt
thinking
well up
resourceful
reliable
enlightened about
aware of
talented
capable of learning
imaginative
having a good head on one's shoulders
know how many beans make five
having no flies on
witty
quick on the uptake
ready
original
whiz
clued up about
current
genned up about
switched on to
up-to-the-minute
au parfum
congruent
showing great knowledge
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Awkward or uncoordinated in movement or in handling things
clumsy
awkward
maladroit
graceless
inept
ungainly
lumbering
bungling
gawky
blundering
bumbling
ungraceful
unhandy
uncoordinated
gauche
butterfingered
inelegant
unskilful
inexpert
klutzy
incompetent
oafish
handless
gawkish
ponderous
unco
gangling
unskillful
clownish
botched
stumbling
cloddish
undexterous
heavy
fumbled
unadept
blunderous
elephantine
fumbling
untalented
labored
US
heavy-handed
ham-handed
ham-fisted
cack-handed
left-handed
all thumbs
all fingers and thumbs
with two left feet
accident-prone
like a bull in a china shop
unwieldy
limping
unsteady
uneven
faltering
hobbling
claudicant
slow
wooden
halting
clodhopping
crude
amateurish
lubberly
unpolished
coarse
stiff
shambling
heavy-footed
lumpish
rough
inefficient
useless
unrefined
uncouth
laborious
cumbersome
artless
careless
butterfingers
bovine
clunky
unsophisticated
foolish
muddled
two left feet
unskilled
rude
doltish
stolid
floundering
unfit
green
flat-footed
stilted
inexperienced
having two left feet
having two left hands
loutish
hulking
not agile
all thumbs
shuffling
botching
lurching
mutton-fisted
inapt
raw
ambilevous
crass
lethargic
obtuse
indelicate
lumpen
churlish
rough-and-tumble
fumbly
slouching
unfacile
coltish
stupid
puddingy
dull
unproductive
unsuccessful
unfortunate
clunking
hopeless
rough-hewn
skill-less
ill-bred
out of your depth
slow-moving
bulky
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have applied oneself diligently to a task or effort
worked hard
labored
US
persevered
strived
strove
struggled
toiled
grinded
worked
drudged
hustled
moiled
slaved
travailed
tried
applied oneself
tried hard
buckled down
committed oneself
knuckled down
pegged away
plugged away
got down to it
got one's head down
sweat
wrought
endeavoured
UK
endeavored
US
strained
slogged
sweated
beavered away
plodded
plowed
US
exerted oneself
ground
banged away
striven
grubbed
plugged
dug away
tugged
humped
knocked oneself out
made an effort
put yourself out
slogged away
made every effort
worked like a Trojan
worked like a dog
spared no effort
ploughed
UK
sweated blood
pushed
busted a gut
grafted
pulled out all the stops
leaned over backwards
set out
killed oneself
kept at it
exerted yourself
leant over backwards
slaved away
gone all out
went all out
plodded away
trudged
hammered away
aimed
ground away
moved heaven and earth
bent over backwards
attempted
kept your nose to the grindstone
ruptured yourself
made an all-out effort
worked your fingers to the bone
worked day and night
sought
assayed
essayed
persisted
bullocked
poured it on
dug deeper
put one's back into something
went for broke
gone for broke
dug deep
pushed oneself
bore down
borne down
fought
gone for it
did all one can
went for it
done all one can
lumbered
ventured
scrambled
made a great effort
kept your head down
given it your all
dragged oneself
gave it your all
had a crack
driven
drove
drave
druv
battled
gave it your best shot
given it your best shot
aspired
staggered
applied
done your damnedest
grubbed away
did your damnedest
put one's back into it
broke your neck
broken your neck
done one's best
did one's best
undertaken
undertook
concentrated
schlepped
hammered
had a crack at
worked oneself to the bone
soldiered on
fallen over backwards
fell over backwards
done your best
did your best
had a shot
had a go
did your utmost
done your utmost
pushed yourself
jumped through hoops
foughten
broke one's back
broken one's back
trailed
footslogged
shaped up
pulled up one's socks
rolled up one's sleeves
studied hard
buckled to
exerted
got your head down
gotten your head down
jockeyed
pegged
devoted yourself
dug
overwrought
overworked
skivvied
purposed
grappled
waded
mucked
made a run at
had a shot at
put in effort
gone hard
drudged away
worked one's socks off
worked your guts out
scrabbled
made effort
plugged along
used some elbow grease
shot for
pressed on
had a bash
burnt the candle at both ends
worked one's butt off
had a stab at
left no stone unturned
put in work
had a go at
went hard
had a stab
labored under
put to the test
made a supreme effort
pegged along
carried on
burned the candle at both ends
worked like a slave
put up a fight against
fought your way
suffered from
put one's back in it
went ham
put one's shoulder to the wheel
ploughed through
put effort
gone ham
put effort into something
hit the ball
sweated away
worked at
worked hard to
busted chops
grafted away
applied yourself
taken pains
took pains
gotten down to it
given your all
went for the doctor
took on
gone for the doctor
taken on
gave your all
taken it on oneself
took it on oneself
trekked
devoted
wheeled
stumbled
committed
persevered with
worked away
toiled away
persisted with
dedicated
tramped
bumbled
traipsed
blundered
clumped
floundered
addrest
addressed
bellied up to the bar
gotten your act together
got your act together
shown dedication
showed commitment
shown commitment
showed dedication
yomped
competed
contended
endured
trogged
tolled
directed
paid attention
bent
bended
campaigned
withstood
trawled
soldiered
suffered
ground out
vied for
tried out
rattled
worked fingers to bone
pulled out all stops
kept at
offered
had at it
tried one's hardest
clambered
worked very hard
had a swing at
driven oneself
made an attempt
strained every nerve
gave it a whirl
headed-down
did all you can
toiled away at
pounded
rolled
made an attempt at
rolled along
kept nose to grindstone
tackled
gotten stuck in
kept going
gone hammer and tongs
overworked oneself
given it a whirl
tended
worked one's way
pegged away at
gave it a fly
tried very hard
plowed away
proceeded laboriously
fronted up
shinnied
gave best shot
gave it a burl
made a bid
got stuck in
proceeded with difficulty
made a pass at
limped
broke sweat
broken sweat
done all you can
plodded along
puttered
tried for
kept on
vied
emptied the tank
sputtered
dug in
gave all one's got
given all one's got
killed oneself with
stuck at
made one's way with difficulty
moved with difficulty
pushed oneself to the limit
battled one's way
soldiered on with
dived in
chipped away
had a whack
banged on
trundled
given it a burl
given best shot
kept on with
drove oneself
performed
embarked on
pitched in
stuck with it
given it a fly
went hammer and tongs
lifted a finger
worked through
stood up to
chipped away at
studied
had one's nose to grindstone
taken care
took care
taken great pains
took great pains
gave
given
acquited oneself
applied oneself to
gone to war
went to war
given old college try
applied to
gave old college try
took a stab at
taken a whack at
taken a stab at
took a whack at
drove oneself to the limit
driven oneself to the limit
gone for the jugular
went for the jugular
went the limit
gone the limit
took a crack at
gone for
went for
driven for
taken a crack at
drove for
went after
gone after
went all-out
went the whole nine yards
gone the whole nine yards
gone all-out
gone all-out for
went all-out for
pluged away at
plugged away at
given it all one has
gave it all one has
got down to brass tacks
got to work
gotten down to nuts and bolts
gotten down to business
got down to nuts and bolts
gotten to work
got down to the nitty-gritty
gotten down to the nitty-gritty
gotten down to brass tacks
got down to business
hiked
shuffled
stomped
stumped
shambled
stamped
galumphed
sloughed
scuffled
barged
tromped
marched
flogged
lumped
scuffed
tread
put one's heart and soul into it
worked overtime
put in one hundred percent
burned the midnight oil
burnt the midnight oil
worked late
walked heavily
put pedal to the metal
stayed up
put the pedal to the metal
walked
rambled
strolled
ranged
roved
toured
clomped
sauntered
ambled
backpacked
trod
trodden
roamed
perambulated
tripped
trampled
stept
stepped
pulled an all-nighter
walked slowly
legged it
pressed
pushed one's way
elucubrated
moved laboriously
crammed
prest
lucubrated
sweated and slaved
hoofed it
rove
did double duty
done double duty
gone walkabout
went walkabout
gave it all you've got
given it all you've got
more ❯
“Bestor was appointed general agent, with the understanding that he would
labour
to complete at once the endowment of the college.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to agonize over something
agonised
UK
agonized
US
brooded
fretted
worried
obsessed
stewed
grappled
stressed
sweated
sweat
wrestled
upset oneself
feared
fussed
lamented
tortured yourself
tormented yourself
labored
US
carried on
stewed over
wrestled with oneself
exercised oneself
felt uneasy
taken it badly
sang the blues
eaten your heart out
sung the blues
took it badly
went through the mill
gone through the mill
ate your heart out
“He used to
labour
over his decision of which students to choose for the EAE program, but now he says that nearly any student who really wants to join can do it.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to greatly emphasize a point or issue
labored
US
overdid
overdone
stressed
overplayed
overstressed
belaboured
UK
exaggerated
overemphasised
UK
overemphasized
US
accentuated
belabored
US
elaborated
underlined
emphasised
UK
emphasized
US
expanded
highlighted
impressed
strained
dwelled on
harped on
made too much of something
expounded on
went on about
gone on about
attached too much importance to
attached too much weight to
harped on about
played up
pointed up
drove home
driven home
went on
gone on
placed too much emphasis on
made a federal case of
laid too much emphasis on
made a production out of
overdramatized
made a big thing of
overstated
lingered over
expanded on
discussed at length
hammered away at
tarried over
dragged out
flogged to death
dwelt upon
dwelled upon
amplified
magnified
inflated
rehashed
repeated
overwrought
pounded
overworked
hyperbolized
done over
did over
laid too much stress on
beat a dead horse
made a big thing about
laid it on with a trowel
made something out of nothing
hammered home
made a mountain out of a molehill
blown something out of all proportion
blew something out of all proportion
beaten a dead horse
blown up out of all proportion
blew up out of all proportion
gone on and on about
gone over the top about
went on and on about
went over the top about
overestimated
embellished
embroidered
dramatized
US
coloured
UK
padded
colored
US
stretched
straught
fudged
aggrandized
overvalued
pyramided
overrated
dramatised
UK
built up
elaborated on
put on
heightened
distorted
enlarged
boosted
overdrew
overdrawn
catastrophized
falsified
misrepresented
misreported
intensified
oversold
exalted
fabricated
puffed
lied
bragged
boasted
misquoted
overpitched
hiked
romanticized
US
corrupted
upped
overexaggerated
enhanced
caricatured
scammed
romanced
romanticised
UK
laid it on thick
piled it on
stretched the truth
added colour
laid it on with a shovel
laid on
shot a line
cooked up
made a big thing out of
loud talked
prettied up
piled it on about
laid it on thick about
big upped
bigged up
puffed up
made a drama out of a crisis
laid it on with a trowel about
made a mountain out of
laid
lay
blown up
blew up
lay on
drew the longbow
drawn the longbow
blew out of proportion
blown out of proportion
went to extremes
gone to extremes
drawn the long bow
drew the long bow
allowed too much for
more ❯
“Perhaps one need not
labour
the point to exhaustion to be able to eliminate the idea of a widespread conspiracy to deceive.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to move or jolt around unsteadily or abruptly
tossed
tost
rolled
pitched
lurched
swayed
rocked
reeled
wobbled
seesawed
careened
wabbled
listed
list
plunged
undulated
keeled
floundered
heaved
hove
jounced
tumbled
jogged
swang
swung
swungen
pitchpoled
jiggled
jolted
oscillated
shook
shaken
wagged
jerked
flailed
pumped
veered
agitated
joggled
bounced
skipped
bobbled
hopped
waved
danced
chucked
ditched
dumped
bobbed
buffeted
buffetted
moved up and down
jumped around
tossed around
let fly
rose and fell
risen and fallen
labored
US
wallowed
made heavy weather
staggered
tossed about
teetered
weltered
tilted
yawed
leaned
leant
tottered
stumbled
bucked
moved
dived
heeled
sounded
billowed
lumbered
waddled
swaggered
swerved
inclined
surged
rambled
roved
ranged
roamed
strayed
jibed
dipped
dropped
vaulted
lunged
slumped
tipped
lolled
blundered
sprawled
rolled about
moved around in
rolled around in
dove
rove
druv
drove
drave
driven
fell away
fallen away
faltered
wavered
weaved
quivered
trembled
doddered
whirled
wiggled
rippled
woven
wove
moved to and fro
eddied
swelled
swirled
rushed
vibrated
fluttered
quoke
quaked
quavered
toppled
convulsed
waggled
titubated
walked unsteadily
tremored
become unsteady
moved back and forth
pushed and pulled
moved backwards and forwards
rose
risen
swoll
swollen
dangled
plodded
bended
bent
pendulated
trudged
toddled
wigwagged
shambled
rolled along
shuffled
stirred
stotted
swiveled
US
swivelled
UK
flapped
struggled
limped
shimmied
flogged
trembled precariously
pulsated
palpitated
wheeled
whiffled
threshed
flitted
teeter-tottered
shifted
moved clumsily
thrashed
swept
became unsteady
swung to and fro
swung from side to side
swang from side to side
swung backwards and forwards
swang to and fro
swang back and forth
swang backwards and forwards
swung back and forth
swished
motioned
moved unsteadily
walked falteringly
muddled
vacillated
bumbled
gone around
went around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to persevere or continue with a task or stance despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
ploughed on
persisted
continued
persevered
remained
endured
maintained
ground
grinded
stayed
drudged
finished
labored
US
sticked
stuck
toiled
insisted
pressed on
went on
gone on
kept going
carried on
plowed on
pressed ahead
kept on
held on
plugged away
struggled on
kept at it
plodded on
held out
soldiered on
hammered away
ground away
pegged away
stood firm
followed through
saw something through
seen something through
stood fast
showed determination
shown determination
stayed with something
hung on
kept going with
kept on at
saw through
seen through
showed determination in
shown determination in
went the distance
gone the distance
stayed the course
bashed on
stuck at it
kept it up
hung in there
stuck it out
was patient
werepatient
been patient
stopped at nothing
left no stone unturned
stood your ground
stuck to your guns
persisted with
persevered with
continued with
completed
slaved
lasted
stuck at
kept your nose to the grindstone
struggled on with
pegged away at
bashed on with
soldiered on with
worked away at
hammered away at
slaved away at
carried on with
pressed on with
ploughed through
stuck to
kept at
plowed through
pluged away at
plugged away at
proceeded
advanced
progressed
pushed on
forged ahead
moved forward
made progress
made headway
moved onward
marched on
gutted it out
hung in
hung tough
stuck with
stuck with it
moved
pushed forward
pushed
moved along
pushed ahead
forged on
gained ground
cracked on
journeyed
marched
speeded
sped
shot
travelled
UK
traveled
US
pressed forward
covered ground
made inroads
got on
went forward
gone forward
went ahead
gone ahead
gone
went
headed
navigated
crossed
propelled
passed
moved on
moved ahead
continued on
stormed
dispatched
made one's way
edged
stuck out
saw it through
continued to the end
soldiered
brought to a finish
held fast
come forward
kept on with
seen it through
pressed ahead with
cut across
plodded on through
remained firm
pursued
brought to completion
kept up
stayed with
drave
driven
druv
drove
shotten
went forth
gone forth
gotten on
transited
followed
developt
developed
tracked
walked
peregrinated
traversed
come along
progressed towards
worked one's way
cruised
perambulated
continued ahead
passed on
pursued your goal
protracted
obtained
gone on with
fared
stayed around
trucked
extended
existed
stayed with it
tarried
stayed on
lived on
stuck around
repeated
toughed it out
dragged on
run on
worked towards
gone for it
carried on doggedly
lived
paced
abode
recurred
perdured
held
run through
perpetuated
perseverated
refused to go away
made inroads into
kept running
had no end
went on with
proceeded along
came forward
abided
sustained
launched
kept your hand in
moved out
went for it
kept driving
bided
carried through
projected
gathered way
persisted at
followed up
strived
run along
lingered
flown
flew
fore
faren
came along
gone all the way
strove
went all the way
striven
went the limit
gone the limit
went for broke
gone for broke
gone to the mat
went to the mat
went along
gone off
ran through
went off
gone along
been
taken
holden
bidden
was
ran on
bode
took
were
drove forward
driven forward
ran along
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cause anguish or distress to
agonised
UK
agonized
US
worried
distressed
excruciated
anguished
disturbed
beset
strained
fretted
pained
plagued
crucified
fussed
harrowed
persecuted
suffered
tormented
afflicted
bedeviled
US
bedevilled
UK
besieged
labored
US
mused
racked
tortured
cursed
curst
squirmed
tried
martyred
Verb
▲
Past tense for to work (oneself) overly hard
overworked
overwrought
overstrained
overextended
overloaded
labored
US
overtasked
strained
overdrove
overdriven
sweated
sweat
overtaxed oneself
sweated blood
worked too hard
overburdened oneself
overloaded oneself
strained yourself
did too much
done too much
worked like a horse
worked like a slave
worked like a Trojan
burned the midnight oil
burnt the midnight oil
killed oneself
tired yourself out
wore yourself out
worn yourself out
overtired yourself
worked day and night
drove oneself too hard
driven oneself too hard
knocked oneself out
pushed oneself too hard
ran yourself into the ground
run yourself into the ground
burned the candle at both ends
burnt the candle at both ends
overdid it
overdone it
wore oneself to a shadow
worn oneself to a shadow
worked oneself into the ground
bit off more than you can chew
bitten off more than you can chew
drove oneself into the ground
driven oneself into the ground
overstrained yourself
worked your fingers to the bone
worked one's tail off
practiced presenteeism
Verb
▲
Past tense for to break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting
tilled
cultivated
farmed
worked
wrought
ploughed
UK
dug
harrowed
tended
planted
spaded
spade
fertilised
UK
fertilized
US
prepared
hoed
plowed
US
grew
grown
turned
delved
dalf
dolven
dressed
drest
loosened
mulched
raked
labored
US
sowed
sown
turned over
broke up
broken up
turned up
raised crops
cultured
cropped
reared
promoted
harvested
raised
bred
propagated
managed
gardened
ripened
seeded
matured
brought under cultivation
reaped
reapt
furrowed
ridged
produced
generated
piped
layered
trenched
produced crops
husbanded
groved
tilled the soil
exploited
broken ground
broke ground
brought on
worked the land
moved soil
moved earth
weeded
weed
broke
brake
broken
grove
grew crops on
grown crops on
done gardening
did gardening
broke up ground
broken up soil
broken up earth
broke up soil
broke up earth
broken up ground
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to repeatedly mention a subject
harped
reiterated
dwelled on
repeated
dwelt
dwelled
labored
US
pressed
prest
elaborated on
expatiated on
expounded on
went on
gone on
went on about
gone on about
complained repeatedly about
kept on about
kept talking about
rubbed in
badgered someone about
discussed at length
hassled someone about
laboured the point about
made an issue of
nagged someone about
persisted in talking about
rabbitted on about
wittered on about
Verb
▲
Past tense for to exert for the sake of training, especially in fields requiring toughness or discipline
exercised
trained
inured
disciplined
taught
worked
wrought
broke
brake
broken
labored
US
strained
habituated
broke in
broken in
put through grind
put through mill
Verb
▲
Past tense for to struggle or be afflicted with hardship or something undesirable
suffered from
suffered
endured
underwent
undergone
encountered
experienced
sustained
bore
beared
borne
faced
felt
had
knew
known
labored
US
received
tasted
witnessed
struggled with
labored under
came down with
come down with
went through
gone through
been through
lived through
came across
come across
came to grips with
come to grips with
had experience of
met with
ran into
run into
Verb
▲
Past tense for to carry out a role or penalty
served
completed
performed
did
done
fulfilled
observed
passed
spent
worked
wrought
acted
discharged
accepted
functioned
labored
US
carried out
went through
gone through
been through
carried on
toiled through
Verb
▲
Past tense for to shape or form a given material
worked
wrought
formed
fashioned
handled
manipulated
molded
US
processed
shaped
shope
shapen
dressed
drest
kneaded
plied
blended
blent
forged
labored
US
mixed
mixt
modelled
UK
modeled
US
moulded
UK
squeezed
tended
cared for
worked on
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