Englishlabored
adjective
1 his harsh, labored breathing:
strained, difficult, forced, laborious, heavy, awkward.
▷antonyms easy.
2 a rather labored joke:
contrived, stiff, strained, stilted, forced, unnatural, artificial, mannered, studied, affected, overdone, overworked, heavy, ponderous, overelaborate, over-embellished, long-winded, awkward, clumsy, inelegant, turgid, laborious, overwrought, not spontaneous, unconvincing, convoluted, complex, intricate, ornate, elaborate, prolix.
▷antonyms natural.