Antonyms for struggling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : struhg-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrʌg əl

Definition of struggling

Origin : late 14c., probably a frequentative form, of uncertain origin. Skeat suggests Old Norse strugr "ill will;" others suggest a connection to Dutch struikelen, German straucheln "to stumble." Related: Struggled; struggling.

verb labor, work
verb fight, wrestle

Example sentences :

“Vex not thyself,” said the old dame, as she saw him struggling with his sobs.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

As long as you were poor and struggling, Marian was welcome to you.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

The Little Doctor was struggling with the lump in her throat that he should try to joke about it.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

It was as if some mighty pent force were struggling for release.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

There Bob enveloped him in his arms, struggling and kicking, and put him on the horse.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

My heart, struggling between duty and warmth of temper, was full.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Leslie, the artist, then a struggling genius like himself, was his fellow-lodger.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

That a human soul was struggling in the water was certain; and she called and called, but called in vain.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

I exclaimed, struggling to free myself from him—‘you must ask my uncle and aunt.’
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

Synonyms for struggling

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