belaboring
Dwelling on excessively
Belaboring is the present participle of belabor, which means to attack persistently or to explain at excessive length.
Someone belaboring a point keeps hammering at it well past the moment of understanding: I won't keep belaboring the obvious.
The word suggests tedious overemphasis—continuing to argue or explain when everyone already gets it.
Stress something too much
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- overstateRepresent as greater
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- inflateFill with gas
dramatize · overplay · overdo · overdraw · harp · dwell · fixate · hammer
overemphasize
Stress something too much
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- overstateRepresent as greater
- amplifyIncrease in strength
inflate · dramatize · overplay · overdo · overdraw · harp · dwell · fixate · hammer · pound
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- tediousBoring through length
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
protracted · lengthy · draining · fatiguing · wearing · grueling · drawn-out · interminable · endless · monotonous
attack
Aggressive act against another
- criticizeJudge unfavorably, vocally
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- castigateReprimand severely
lambaste · assail · denounce · censure · chastise · rebuke · scold · upbraid · harangue · lecture
- emphasisstress, accent, stressing, highlighting, underscoring
- overdoing itoverdo, overreach, overwork, overspend, overexert
- frettingworrying, fussing, fretting, stewing, hand-wringing
belaboringsummarizing
Condensing to main points
abbreviating · condensing · getting to the point · brevity · encapsulating
belaboringglossing over
Superficially covering faults
skimming · moving on · passing over · skipping · dropping
labor, elaborate, laborer, laboring, labour, laboratory, collaborate, laborious, labours