Synonyms for stumble

Grammar : Verb

Spell : stuhm-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌm bəl

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Définition of stumble

Origin : c.1300, "to trip or miss one's footing" (physically or morally), probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian stumla, Swedish stambla "to stumble"), probably from a variant of the Proto-Germanic base *stam-, source of Old English stamerian "to stammer," German stumm "dumb, silent." Possibly influenced in form by stumpen "to stumble," but the -b- may be purely euphonious. Meaning "to come (upon) by chance" is attested from 1550s. Stumbling-block first recorded 1526, used in Rom. xiv:13 to translate Greek skandalon.

verb slip, stagger
verb happen upon

Example sentences :

It would be a stroke of luck if I could stumble on one of his hiding places!
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Mr Vladimir did not stumble, did not stagger back, did not change his stride.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Within the bounds of possibility, their turn to stumble might now be imminent.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

There is no stumble in you, for you have done a great deed, and the Red Gods are smiling.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

I should stumble and fall over the smallest pebble in the path.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

“I got in from the west just in time to stumble on that gang of rats,” he flared.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

He should have upheld her so that she did not stumble over these pitfalls of the earth.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

So that they cannot endure this stone, and they stumble against it.
Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther

For a world that at the first check or stumble will overwhelm me with slanders.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

She was far too subtle and wary to stumble into such a pitfall as that.
Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott

Antonyms for stumble

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