flounder
/ˈflɑʊn·dər/ v [I] (MOVE AWKWARDLY)Definition
› to move awkwardly or to be in an awkward or difficult situation: She floundered around in the water. He lost the next page of his speech and floundered for a few seconds. His business was flourishing, but his marriage was floundering.
(Definition of flounder v (MOVE AWKWARDLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
-
floss n
-
floss v
-
flotilla n
-
flounce v
-
flounder n FISH
- flounder v MOVE AWKWARDLY
-
flour n
-
flour v
-
flourish n WAVE
-
flourish v SUCCEED
-
flourish v WAVE
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “flounder”
Word of the Day
ride (out) the storm
to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
