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scuffling

verb , present participle of scuffle

Synonyms and Antonyms of scuffling

1 to move heavily or clumsily

she scuffled along in shoes that were much too large for her

Synonyms of scuffling

barging, clumping, flogging [British], floundering, galumphing, lumbering, lumping, plodding, pounding, scuffing, shambling, shuffling, slogging, sloughing, stamping, stomping, stumbling, stumping, tramping, tromping, trudging

Words Related to scuffling

dragging, flopping, hauling

blundering, careening, doddering, lurching, reeling, staggering, swaying, teetering, tottering, waddling, weaving, wobbling (also wabbling)

Near Antonyms of scuffling

drifting, floating, hanging, hovering, poising, wafting

Antonyms of scuffling

breezing, coasting, gliding, sliding, waltzing, whisking

2 to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery

the burglar and the homeowner briefly scuffled together in the dark

Synonyms of scuffling

grappling, rassling, tussling, wrestling

Words Related to scuffling

battling, clashing (with), combating (or combatting), contending, dueling (or duelling), fighting, warring (against)

bashing, battering, beating, buffeting, hitting, punching, slugging, striking

boxing, sparring

brawling, skirmishing

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