Thesaurus / floundered
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synonyms for floundered
- flop
- stumble
- wallow
- blunder
- bobble
- flummox
- fumble
- grope
- labor
- lurch
- muddle
- plunge
- pratfall
- snafu
- strive
- thrash
- toil
- toss
- travail
- tumble
- cast about
- come apart at the seams
- drop the ball
- fall down
- foul up
- go at backwards
- go to pieces
- make a mess of
- miss one's cue
- screw up
- slip up
- stub one's toe
- trip up
- work at
On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to floundered, such as: wallow, flop, stumble, plunge, travail, and tumble.
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Gow floundered down the slope, trying to find a clearing in the thick trees.
HOW ONE MAN SURVIVED A PLANE CRASH AND 5 DAYS IN THE SNOWY CANADIAN WILDERNESS—AND WENT ON TO HELP SHAPE THE MODERN SKI INDUSTRYCASSIDY RANDALLDECEMBER 27, 2020TIMECompanies with healthy balance sheets will be on the lookout for smaller upstarts and floundering rivals they can scoop up.
2021’S HOTTEST FASHION TREND WILL BE WIDESPREAD INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATIONMARC BAINDECEMBER 26, 2020QUARTZLast summer, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson floundered while responding to the pandemic, Sunak arranged direct wage subsidies and has become the skinny-suited face of the country’s fiscal policy.
25 RISING STARS TO TRACK IN 2021DANIEL MALLOYDECEMBER 20, 2020OZYThe Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLAt last the lascar rose and floundered through the mud toward the village, but he was careful to leave an ally to watch the boats.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGOccasionally the horses floundered over smooth rocks and were nearly carried away.
MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMANWalking, half awake, Ida floundered among the boulders and through a horrible maze of whitened driftwood cast up by the stream.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSHe floundered aimlessly, striving by short sallies to recover the path from which the storm had taken him, but all to no purpose.
THE WHITE DESERTCOURTNEY RYLEY COOPERAs Matt floundered to his feet, the girl toppled into his arms—and the horse jerked loose and went on.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSThe frost got more rigorous, drying the snow to a dusty powder in which Festing's lumber gang floundered awkwardly.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSS