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floundered

verb , past tense of flounder

Synonyms and Antonyms of floundered

1 to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number

Synonyms of floundered

blundered, bumbled, flogged [British], limped, lumbered, plodded, struggled, stumbled, trudged

Words Related to floundered

jogged, shambled, shuffled

wallowed, weltered

faltered, lurched, reeled, staggered, swayed, teetered, tottered

fumbled, muddled

Near Antonyms of floundered

coasted, flew, glided, kilted, sailed, zipped, zoomed

2 to move heavily or clumsily

the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck

Synonyms of floundered

barged, clumped, flogged [British], galumphed, lumbered, lumped, plodded, pounded, scuffed, scuffled, shambled, shuffled, slogged, sloughed, stamped, stomped, stumbled, stumped, tramped, tromped, trudged

Words Related to floundered

dragged, flopped, hauled

blundered, careened, doddered, lurched, reeled, staggered, swayed, teetered, tottered, waddled, weaved, wobbled (also wabbled)

Near Antonyms of floundered

drifted, floated, hovered, hung (also hanged), poised, wafted

Antonyms of floundered

breezed, coasted, glided, slid, waltzed, whisked

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