'Struggling' definitions:
Definition of 'struggling'
From: WordNet
adjective
Engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"
Definition of 'Struggling'
From: GCIDE
- Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]
- 1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. [1913 Webster]
- The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'struggling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- battling,
- contending,
- contestant,
- contesting,
- disputant,
- drudging,
- fighting,
- grinding,
- grubbing,
- hardworking,
- laboring,
- pegging,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- quarrelsome,
- slaving,
- slogging,
- straining,
- striving,
- sweating,
- toiling,
- warlike,
- warring,
- working