Meanings
adjectivestruggling (comparative more struggling, superlative most struggling)
comparative more struggling · superlative most struggling
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of struggle
nounstruggling (plural strugglings)
plural strugglings
- The act of one who struggles.
All the strugglings of genius in thee, have never equalled the strugglings of virtue in him.
1848, Orville Dewey, Discourses on the Nature of Religion
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveengaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
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Translations
Russian борение
- борение (borenije)Translations
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struggling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/struggling
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “struggling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/struggling.
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