TRUDGE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

trudge

verb

ˈtrəj

Definition of trudge

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water

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as in to stumble

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually no expert on taxes, I spent the whole weekend trudging through government forms

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Recent Examples of trudge At the end of the third quarter of this past Sunday’s 20-13 comeback win over Jacksonville, Dobbins trudged to the locker room with a hamstring injury. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026 Millions of years after a massive Tyrannosaurus rex trudged through a prehistoric mudflat, paleontologists can finally follow in its footsteps. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 The Falcons trudged through another difficult afternoon offensively, but unlike Week 1, their defense fell short, too. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Hawke remembers his 19-year-old self trudging through snowy Alaska for White Fang. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trudge

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Findings of no effect tend to either be shuffled off to low-profile journals or left behind as unpublished lab lore.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
For the most part, this was a second consecutive solid performance by a group that will likely undergo major personnel shuffling all season.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of shuffle

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The last chance for the Mountaineers ended when Hawkins stumbled and fell in the end zone for a safety in the final two minutes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
For seven games, Myles Garrett could only watch the Rams from a stadium suite, on television or from the sideline as the team favored to win the Super Bowl stumbled to a slow start.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of stumble

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Yet when asked to move beyond answering questions to framing their own, many struggled.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Tommy Novak got two goals in the first six minutes and Egor Chinakhov also scored for the Penguins, who moved Crosby and the 40-year-old Malkin onto their top line before the game in an effort to spark their struggling lineup.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

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