Struggle

Quick meaning: Struggle is a noun meaning A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

Meaning

A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
2. (intransitive) To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
3. (intransitive) To have difficulty with something.
4. (intransitive) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

Example Sentences

During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.

England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.

Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

Word Forms

• struggles
• stroggell
• strogell
• struggling
• struggled

Synonyms for struggle

Depending on context, synonyms include conflict, scramble, clamber, sputter, battle, fight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scramble, battle, fight, conflict, clamber, shinny.

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