travailing
Enduring painful effort
Travailing is undergoing painful or strenuous effort, especially the labor of childbirth.
The word is literary and old-fashioned: She spent hours travailing before the baby arrived.
More broadly, it describes any arduous struggle or toil: The nation was travailing through civil war.
Not to be confused with traveling.
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- birthingAct of delivering young
- parturitionAct of giving birth
confinement · lying-in · pangs · midwife · labor pains
Vigorous physical effort
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- grindCrush into particles
- drudgeryHard, boring work
effort · strain · work · fatigue · weariness · exhaustion · burden · overwork
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- challengeTest of ability
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- difficultyState of being hard
ordeal · trial · tribulation · suffering · affliction · distress · anguish · strife
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
determination · steadfastness · patience · persistence · stamina · resolve · mettle · backbone
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- birthingAct of delivering young
parturition · confinement · lying-in · pangs · midwife · labor pains
exertion
Vigorous physical effort
drudgery · effort · strain · work · fatigue · weariness · exhaustion · burden · overwork · backbreaking
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
difficulty · ordeal · trial · tribulation · suffering · affliction · distress · anguish · strife · conflict
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
grit · determination · steadfastness · patience · persistence · stamina · resolve · mettle · backbone · constancy
travailingthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · at ease · enjoying · reveling · basking
travailingcompleting
Reaching the end of
finishing · achieving · arriving · concluding · coasting