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adjective
- 1. striving to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance: "these figures suggest more bad news for struggling homeowners"
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adjective. uk / ˈstrʌɡ.lɪŋ / us / ˈstrʌɡ.lɪŋ / Add to word list. unsuccessful but trying hard to succeed: It's the story of a struggling artist who marries a rich woman. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not achieving wealth, popularity, or success.
to use a lot of effort to defeat someone, prevent something, or achieve something: For years she struggled with/against the establishment to get her theories accepted. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : contest, strife. armed struggle. a power struggle. 2. : a violent effort or exertion : an act of strongly motivated striving. a struggle to make ends meet. 3. : tussle sense 1. during the struggle the gun went off. Synonyms.
n. 1. The act of struggling: the rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils. 2. A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty: the struggle for civil rights. 3. Strife, contention, or combat: armed struggle. 4. Something that is difficult to do or achieve: Getting him to agree will be a struggle. [Middle English struglen .] strug′gler n.
Definitions of struggling. adjective. engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity. “a financially struggling theater”. “ struggling artists”. synonyms: troubled. characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. Pronunciation.
verb (used without object) , strug·gled, strug·gling. to contend with an adversary or opposing force. Synonyms: conflict, fight, contest, oppose. to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence.
Something that can only be accomplished with great effort is said to be a struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader in the Civil Rights struggle. Alice Paul was a leader in the struggle for a woman's right to vote.
