labored

Meanings

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal
• work hard
• undergo the efforts of childbirth
• lacking natural ease
  • "a labored style of debating"
• requiring or showing effort
  • "the subject made for labored reading"

Synonyms

dig, drive, drudge, fag, grind, heavy, labor, labour, laboured, moil, push, strained, toil, travail, tug