What is another word for Floundering?
113 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ flˈa͡ʊndəɹɪŋ], [ flˈaʊndəɹɪŋ], [ f_l_ˈaʊ_n_d_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for Floundering:Definition for Floundering:
Synonyms for Floundering:
adj.
•awkward (adjective)- in-expert,
- un-gainly,
- un polished,
- un-fit,
- un-coordinated,
- most butterfingers,
- more blundering,
- un-graceful,
- un refined,
- un graceful,
- most blundering,
- unhandier,
- green,
- un gainly,
- more stumbling,
- more butterfingers,
- un-skillful,
- un-polished,
- un-handier,
- un-refined,
- un gainliest,
- un-handy,
- stumbling,
- un-couth,
- most floundering,
- un handy,
- more floundering,
- un handier,
- unhandiest,
- un handiest,
- un gainlier,
- oafish,
- un-gainliest,
- in expert,
- un fit,
- most stumbling,
- un-handiest,
- un-skilled,
- un coordinated,
- un skilled,
- un couth,
- un-gainlier,
- un skillful.
- most faltering,
- un-steadier,
- more anile,
- in-firmest,
- shaky,
- unsteadiest,
- most anile,
- in-firm,
- more dotard,
- un-steadiest,
- in firmest,
- more faltering,
- un steadier,
- in-firmer,
- un-steady,
- most dotard,
- in firmer,
- un steady,
- unsteady,
- more trembling,
- most trembling,
- un steadiest.
- un-directed,
- un directed,
- more undirected,
- un helpful,
- more motiveless,
- most designless,
- more good-for-nothing,
- more drifting,
- more purportless,
- more unhelpful,
- most unhelpful,
- most drifting,
- more unpurposed,
- in discriminate,
- most unpurposed,
- un-helpful,
- most good-for-nothing,
- un necessary,
- most goalless,
- un planned,
- un-planned,
- un profitable,
- good for nothing,
- most good for nothing,
- de-signless,
- most purportless,
- in-discriminate,
- un-purposed,
- un-necessary,
- more good for nothing,
- more designless,
- most undirected,
- uncalled for,
- un-profitable,
- more goalless,
- most motiveless,
- de signless,
- un purposed.
v.
•failing (verb)Other synonyms:
•embarrassed
Floundering Sentence Examples:
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One was trundling down the main road, headlong through old drifts and slumpy snow, where a false step might send the horse floundering to the bottom.
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He is only one of the many floundering about among the mysteries of Nature, trying to throw light upon darkness.