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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.
verb (used without object) to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water. to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job. Synonyms: muddle, waver, falter. to be in imminent danger of failure:
Floundering definition: struggling, especially clumsily or helplessly. See examples of FLOUNDERING used in a sentence.
adjective. Definition of floundering. as in failing. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. failing. struggling. dying. languishing. declining. unsuccessful. bankrupt. depressed. insolvent. unprosperous. bankrupted. Antonyms & Near Antonyms. 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.
