Struggling - English meaning

Struggling – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Striving to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance.
Usage examples:
These figures suggest more bad news for struggling homeowners

verb
Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.
Usage examples:
Before she could struggle, he lifted her up
Synonims:
FightGrappleWrestleScuffleBrawlSparExchange blowsCome to blowsScrapSwedge

adjective
Unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed
Usage examples:
It's the story of a struggling artist who marries a rich woman.

Struggling translation into English

Struggling: translate from English into Chinese

挣扎, 奋斗的

Struggling: translate from English into Dutch

Worstelen met

Struggling: translate from English into French

Luttant

Struggling: translate from English into German

Kämpfen

Struggling: translate from English into Hindi

संघर्षरत

Struggling: translate from English into Italian

Lottando

Struggling: translate from English into Korean

고군분투하는

Struggling: translate from English into Russian

Столкнувшийся с трудностями, Борющийся

Struggling: translate from English into Spanish

Luchando

Word origin

late Middle English: frequentative, perhaps of imitative origin. The noun dates from the late 17th century.

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Struggling – similar words

struggles

verb
Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.
Usage examples:
Before she could struggle, he lifted her up

noun
A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.
Usage examples:
There were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around

Struggles - all meanings in English

struggled

verb
Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.
Usage examples:
Before she could struggle, he lifted her up

noun
A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.
Usage examples:
There were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around

verb
Past simple and past participle of struggle
Usage examples:
[ + to infinitive ] the dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose., i've been strugglin…

Struggled - all meanings in English

struggle

verb
Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.
Usage examples:
Before she could struggle, he lifted her up

noun
A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.
Usage examples:
There were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around

verb
To work hard to do something
Usage examples:
We watched boys on skateboards struggle to keep their balance., he struggled with his cousin, and h…

Struggle - all meanings in English

Struggling synonims

brawl

brɔːl

noun
A rough or noisy fight or quarrel.
Usage examples:
He'd got into a drunken brawl in a bar

verb
Fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way.
Usage examples:
He ended up brawling with a lout outside his house

noun
A physical fight involving a group of people, esp. in a public place
Usage examples:
A brawl in the cafeteria left the place a mess.

Brawl - all meanings in English

come to blows

idiom
To have a physical fight or a serious argument with someone
Usage examples:
Demonstrators nearly came to blows with the police during the march., do you think the two countrie…

Come to blows - all meanings in English

fight

faɪt

verb
Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.
Usage examples:
The men were fighting

noun
A violent confrontation or struggle.
Usage examples:
He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club

verb
Be engaged in a contest or struggle

Fight - all meanings in English

grapple

verb
Engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle.
Usage examples:
Passers-by grappled with the man after the knife attack

noun
An act of grappling.
Usage examples:
Over 40 separate maneuvers are available to the hulk via his combat system, which consists of a num…

verb
Work hard to come to terms with or deal with something

Grapple - all meanings in English

scrap

noun
A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.
Usage examples:
I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb
Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.
Usage examples:
A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb
Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.
Usage examples:
The older boys started scrapping with me

Scrap - all meanings in English

scuffle

noun
A short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters.
Usage examples:
There were minor scuffles with police

verb
Engage in a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters.
Usage examples:
The teacher noticed two pupils scuffling in the corridor

verb
Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

Scuffle - all meanings in English

spar

noun
A thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.
Usage examples:
The spars - those are those huge, diagonal sticks hanging from the masts - are the frame for the sa…

verb
Make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training.
Usage examples:
One contestant broke his nose while sparring

noun
A period or bout of sparring.
Usage examples:
Maybe she could beat him in a spar match, but he wouldn't find out until the annual martial arts to…

Spar - all meanings in English

swedge

noun
A fight or brawl.

verb
Fight or brawl.
Usage examples:
It has enough sex, swedging and swearing to satisfy the baser appetites of his fanbase but there is…

Swedge - all meanings in English

wrestle

verb
Take part in a fight, either as sport or in earnest, that involves grappling with one's opponent and trying to throw or force them to the ground.
Usage examples:
He wrestled with the intruder before being knocked unconscious

noun
A wrestling bout or contest.
Usage examples:
A wrestle to the death

verb
The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

Wrestle - all meanings in English

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