Synonyms for struggling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : struhg-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrʌg əl |
Top 10 synonyms for struggling Other synonyms for the word struggling
- attempt
- battle
- bend over backwards
- brawl
- break one's back
- break one's neck
- buck
- bump heads
- contest
- cross swords
- dig
- endeavor
- exert oneself
- give it one's best shot
- give the old college try
- go all out
- go up against
- grind
- hassle
- have one's nose to grindstone
- hustle
- lock horns
- make every effort
- offer
- plug
- plug away
- put up a fight
- romp
- rough-house
- row
- scrap
- scratch
- scuffle
- shuffle
- slave
- slug
- smack
- strain
- sweat
- take a crack
- take a stab
- take on
- tangle
- try one's hardest
- undertake
- work like a dog
Définition 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
- “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
Antonyms for struggling
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