Flounder
31flounder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wallow, welter, struggle, stagger, fumble, grope. See failure, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. struggle, wallow, blunder, fumble; see hesitate , toss 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …
32flounder — floun·der || flaÊŠndÉ™(r) n. type of flatfish v. move back and forth, struggle helplessly; move clumsily, move awkwardly …
33flounder — I. v. n. Struggle (as an animal in the mire), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about. II. n. Flowk, fluke, turbot (Pleuronectes or Platessa flesus) …
34flounder — 1 verb (I) 1 (always + adv/prep) to move awkwardly or with difficulty, especially in water, mud etc 2 to be unable to decide what to say or do so that you find it difficult to continue: He left his interviewer floundering by answering every… …
35flounder — verb 1) people were floundering in the water Syn: struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder, squirm, writhe 2) she floundered, not knowing quite what to say Syn …
36flounder — v 1. struggle, wallow, welter, flop; stagger, stumble, tumble, tumble about, toss about, plunge around, thrash. 2. blunder, bungle, muddle; fail, come to grief, meet with disaster, take a bad turn, collapse, Inf. come a cropper. 3. hesitate,… …
37flounder — floun·der …
38flounder — verb 1) floundering in the water Syn: struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder 2) she floundered, not knowing what to say Syn: struggle …
39flounder — [ˈflaʊndə] verb [I] 1) to experience difficulties and be likely to fail 2) to feel confused and not know what to say or do next 3) to move with great difficulty and in an uncontrolled way …
40flounder — Moeone, pāki i …
