Synonyms for flounder

Grammar : Verb

Spell : floun-der

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflaʊn dər

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Définition of flounder

Origin : 1590s, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), influenced by Dutch flodderen "to flop about," or native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion. Figurative use is from 1680s. Related: Floundered; floundering. As a noun derived from this sense, from 1867.

verb struggle; be in the dark

Example sentences :

And with his head still turned, Andrew felt a shock and flounder.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Let dear Aristide flounder about; this only moulds young people.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

What we've done so far, you might best describe as flounder.
Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak

If there was a sump-hole in sight, that horse was sure to flounder into it.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Only when she came to describe Bim and to tell of what he said, did she flounder.
Extract from : « The Book of All-Power » by Edgar Wallace

I have floundered unawares into the pitfall, and now I must flounder out.
Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope

It would be very pretty if it were otherwise, but that's how we flounder.
Extract from : « Some Short Stories » by Henry James

It must have been a big one, because a halibut is flat, like a flounder, isn't it?
Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Those who followed were compelled to flounder on the best way they could.
Extract from : « The Battle of New Orleans » by Zachary F. Smith

"And leagues of morass to flounder through, by the look of this coast," said Joe.
Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine

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