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to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around/about for a few seconds. Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering. Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The meaning of FLOUNDER is flatfish; especially : any of various marine fishes (families Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Bothidae) that include important food fishes. How to use flounder in a sentence.
verb [ I ] uk / ˈflaʊn.də r/ us / ˈflaʊn.dɚ /. to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around/about for a few seconds. Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering.
Floundering definition: struggling, especially clumsily or helplessly. See examples of FLOUNDERING used in a sentence.
Flounder definition: to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.). See examples of FLOUNDER used in a sentence.
Synonyms for FLOUNDERING: failing, struggling, dying, languishing, declining, unsuccessful, bankrupt, depressed; Antonyms of FLOUNDERING: successful, thriving, flourishing, booming, healthy, golden, prosperous, roaring.
to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next: He lost the next page of his speech and floundered around for a few seconds. Although his business was a success, his marriage was floundering. Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering.
