What is another word for grope for?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈə͡ʊp fɔː] (IPA)

To grope for something means to search for it blindly or clumsily. There are several synonyms for the phrase, which include fumble, scrabble, claw, fish, feel, hunt, seek, and grasping. Fumbling implies a clumsy search, while scrabbling connotes a frenzied effort to find something. Clawing suggests an attempt to dig or tear something apart, and fishing implies a search for something specific. Feeling is a general term, while hunting implies a thorough search. Seeking suggests a focused effort to find something, and grasping implies a desperate attempt to get hold of something. Regardless of the term used, groping for something is always an uncertain and frustrating exercise.

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Famous quotes with Grope for

  • The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.
    Shana Alexander
  • Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no newspaper to work for, no need to search for and sometimes find the winged word that just fits, no keen wonder over what each unfolding day may bring.
    Bob Considine
  • Ben, the ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of us is forced to grope for a solution he can live with — in the face of a preposterous, unworkable, and evil code of so-called "morals." Most of us know the code is wrong; almost everybody breaks it. But we pay Danegeld by feeling guilty and giving lip service. Willy-nilly, the code rides us, dead and stinking, an albatross around the neck. You, too, Ben. You fancy yourself a free soul — and break that evil code. But faced with a problem in sexual ethics new to you, you tested it against that same Judeo-Christian code ... so automatically your stomach did flip-flops ... and you think that proves you're right and they're wrong. Faugh! I'd as lief use trial by ordeal.
    Robert A. Heinlein

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