Synonyms for wrestling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : res-ling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛs lɪŋ

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Définition of wrestling

Origin : Old English wræstlung, "sport of grappling and throwing," verbal noun from wrestle (v.). From c.1300 as "action of wrestling, a wrestling match." Figurative use from c.1200.

verb struggle physically or mentally with something

Example sentences :

And there must be umpires, as there are now in wrestling, to determine what is a fair hit and who is conqueror.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

In the center of a group of spectators two men, stripped to the waist, were wrestling.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Colonel Mayhew took us to the fair, and to see the wrestling; then to the bazaars.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

His passion was wrestling with a ghastly doubt, but it was of the kind that dies hard.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

Round behind Teutoberg he pivoted—a wrestling trick he had learned as a boy.
Extract from : « The Space Rover » by Edwin K. Sloat

God knows since I've been wrestling with the world and with life I have cursed no one like you!
Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

The midnight wrestling is the pressure of human enmity and strife.
Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke

All these months since the invasion the army we belonged to had been wrestling with Oudinot in the north.
Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad

He was wrestling with all his might, with the brass loop of the port.
Extract from : « The Upper Berth » by Francis Marion Crawford

The blessing her wrestling had wrought was but of short duration.
Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Antonyms for wrestling

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