travailed
Struggled with effort
Travailed is the past tense of travail, meaning to labor painfully or struggle through hardship.
The word carries a sense of exhausting, agonizing effort—originally associated with the pains of childbirth, now more broadly applied to any arduous undertaking: She travailed through the night to finish the manuscript.
Literary and somewhat archaic.
Exerted oneself strenuously
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- grindCrush into particles
- drudgeryHard, boring work
slog · plodding · straining · backbreaking · grueling · arduous · laborious · strenuous
Cause of ongoing distress
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- tribulationState of great distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
ordeal · misery · woe · grief · hardship · misfortune · calamity · plight
Continued despite difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
- overcameDefeated or mastered
- prevailedProved stronger ultimately
weathered · survived · resisted · fought · battled · strove · grappled · contended
Heavily weighted down
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- weightedMade intentionally heavier
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
overloaded · saddled · beset · afflicted · hampered · weighed down · careworn · taxed
toiled
Exerted oneself strenuously
drudgery · slog · plodding · straining · backbreaking · grueling · arduous · laborious · strenuous · taxing
affliction
Cause of ongoing distress
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- tribulationState of great distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
distress · ordeal · misery · woe · grief · hardship · misfortune · calamity · plight · agony
persevered
Continued despite difficulty
prevailed · weathered · survived · resisted · fought · battled · strove · grappled · contended · persisted
laden
Heavily weighted down
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- weightedMade intentionally heavier
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
overburdened · overloaded · saddled · beset · afflicted · hampered · weighed down · careworn · taxed · strained
travailedluxuriated
Enjoyed great comfort
flourished · basked · prospered · thrived · enjoyed