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Floundering is the present participle of flounder, which means to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next. Learn more about the meaning, usage and examples of floundering from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Flounder can be a noun for a flatfish or a verb for struggling or acting clumsily. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and related words of flounder from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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.
Find 97 words that mean floundering, such as failing, struggling, or shuffling, and their opposites, such as successful, thriving, or flying. Learn the definition and usage of floundering as an adjective or a verb.
Flounder can mean to struggle clumsily or to move with difficulty, or to refer to a type of flatfish. Learn the difference between flounder and founder, see examples of flounder in sentences, and find translations of flounder in other languages.
