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Showing words for FLOUNDERING using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Floundering

floundering

10 Letter Words for Floundering

forlending, fouldering, foundering, groundline, loundering, refounding

9 Letter Words for Floundering

defouling, enfolding, foundling, loudening, loudering, refolding, refunding, roundline, underfong, underling, uneroding, unfolding, unforeign, unfringed, ungodlier, ungroined, unignored, unlording

8 Letter Words for Floundering

dirgeful, enduring, feruling, florigen, flounder, flouring, fluoride, fluorine, fondling, fonduing, founding, fourling, fulgorid, grounden, gueridon, indulger, infolder, ingulfed, lounding, neurofil, ninefold, nonfluid, nurdling, oldening, reinfund, reunfold, rounding, unflorid, unfoiled, unfolden, unfolder, unforged, unfriend, unfringe, ungirdle, ungolden, unironed, unrifled, unringed, unroiled, urnfield

7 Letter Words for Floundering

dernful, derning, direful, doeling, dolerin, dourine, dringle, droning, dueling, dungeon, dungier, dunnier, durenol, durning, eluding, endiron, endlong, enduing, enround, eroding, fending, fenuron, ferling, ferning, feuding, figured, firedog, fleuron, flinder, flinger, floured, fluorid, fluorin, folding, foldure, fonding, fondler, fording, foreign, forlend, foudrie, foulder, fouling, founder, fringed, frundel, fueling, fuglier, fulgide, funding, fungoid, funnier, funorin, furling, furlong, girlond, gironde, glenoid, gloried, godlier, goldier, goldurn, grindle, grinned, groined, grundel, grunion, guerdon, guilder, gulfier, gunfire, gunline, ignored, indogen, indulge, inferno, infound, inurned, lending, lignone, linuron, longfin, longrun, lording, lounder, lounged, lounger, louning, louring, negroid, negroni, neuroid, nondrug, nonfuel, nonlife, norelin, norgine, nounier, nurling, orfgild, orgueil, ouglied, ounding, redoing, refling, refound, rending, rendoun, reunion, rolfing, rouling, roundel, roundle, underfo, undergo, underli, undigne, undoing, unfelon, unfiend, unfilde, unfiled, unfined, unfired, unfried, ungored, unioned, unlined, unlodge, unnegro, unogled, unoiled

6 Letter Words for Floundering

defoil, defoul, dering, dinero, dinful, dinger, dingle, dinner, dinnle, diurne, diuron, doline, doling, dongle, doning, drogue, dronel, dufoil, dulfer, dunger, dungol, dungon, dunlin, dunner, durgen, during, durion, elding, elfing, eloign, ending, endrin, enduro, enfoil, enfold, enfoul, engild, engird, engold, engrid, engulf, enring, enruin, eringo, erning, feloid, fennig, feuing, figure, finder, findon, finger, finned, finner, fleing, flidge, flneur, flodge, florid, florin, fluier, fluing, fodgel, foiled, foiler, foined, folden, folder, fonder, fondle, fondue, fonned, forged, forgie, forlie, fouled, fouler, fridge, friend, fringe, fronde, fudger, fugled, fugler, fulgid, fulgor, fuligo, funder, fundie, fungid, fungin, funned, funnel, funner, funori, furdel, furdle, furied, furile, furled, furoid, furoin, furole, gdinfo, genion, gerful, gerund, gideon, gilden, gilder, gilour, ginned, ginnel, ginner, ginnle, girdle, girned, girnel, giroed, glider, gloire, gluier, goidel, golden, golder, goldie, goldin, golfed, golfer, gorlin, gourde, greund, groned, ground, gruine, guenon, guider, guidon, guiled, guiler, guinde, guinfo, gulden, gulfed, gundie, gunned, gunnel, gunner, gurdle, gurled, gurned, ignore, indole, indone, indure, infern, influe, infund, ingenu, ingnue, inguen, ingulf, inogen, inured, ireful, ironed, ldinfo, legion, leonid, lering, lidger, lienor, ligure, linden, linder, linger, linned, lionne, lodger, lodine, loeing, logier, loined, longed, longer, longue, loring, louden, louder, louned, lounge, loured, lourie, lunged, lungen, lunger, lungie, lunier, lunoid, lurden, luring, neroli, neurin, neurol, neuron, ningle, nirled, nodule, noduli, nofile, noiler, noulde, nudger, nurdle, nurled, odling, olefin, olenid, ondine, onding, ondule, online, orguil, ouglie, oulder, redfin, reding, refind, reflog, refold, refund, regild, region, reguli, regulo, relong, rfound, ridgel, rifled, rigole, rindle, ringed, ringle, roding, rogued, roiled, roined, rolfed, rondel, rondle, ronnel, rouged, rouled, rounge, rueing, rugine, ruined, ruling, rundel, rundle, runnel, uglied, uglier, undern, undine, undoer, undone, unfile, unfine, unfold, unfond, ungild, ungird, ungold, ungone, ungord, ungrid, unidle, unline, unlord, unrein, unride, unrife, unrind, unring, ureido, urined, urling, urning

5 Letter Words for Floundering

defog, deign, derig, derog, diego, digne, digue, diner, dinge, dingo, dirge, diurn, dogie, doing, donne, dougl, dreng, drinn, droil, drole, drone, drung, duing, duler, dunne, dunno, duole, durio, egrid, eldin, elfin, eloin, elong, enfin, engin, ennui, enoil, enorn, ergon, ering, erugo, feign, felid, felon, ferio, fgrid, fidel, fidge, field, fiend, filed, filer, fined, finer, fired, fleur, flied, flier, fling, flong, flour, flrie, flued, fluer, fluid, flung, fluor, flurn, foder, fodge, fogie, fogle, folie, forel, forge, fouer, foule, found, frden, freon, freud, fried, frond, fuder, fudge, fuego, fuero, fugie, fugio, fugle, fundi, funge, fungi, fungo, funli, furil, furol, gelid, genin, genio, genro, geoid, giron, gleir, glenn, glide, glode, glore, glued, gluer, gluon, gnide, gofer, goier, gondi, gonef, goner, gonid, gonif, gonne, gored, gourd, grein, gride, grief, grind, groin, grond, grone, grouf, grued, gruel, grufe, guelf, guide, guild, guile, guiro, gundi, gunne, gurle, idler, ileon, indef, indol, infer, inger, ingle, inglu, inned, inner, inone, inorg, inrol, inrun, inure, inurn, irone, legin, lenin, lifen, lifer, liger, ligne, lindo, lined, linen, liner, linge, lingo, linon, loden, lodge, logie, login, loire, loner, longe, lored, loren, louie, lound, lourd, loure, luged, luger, lunge, lungi, lured, lurgi, lurid, negro, nerol, nguni, nidge, nidor, nifle, niger, niner, noire, noreg, norge, norie, nould, noule, nuder, nudge, nudie, oenin, ogled, ogler, oiled, oiler, olden, older, oldie, olein, onned, orgue, oriel, ourie, redig, redon, redug, regin, reign, relig, rendu, renig, renin, reoil, riden, ridge, rifle, rigel, rigol, riled, ringe, rodge, rogue, ronde, ronin, ronne, rouen, rouge, roule, round, rudge, rudie, ruing, ruled, runed, uloid, unden, under, undig, undog, undon, unfed, ungod, union, unled, unlid, unlie, unode, unoil, unold, unorn, unred, unrid, unrig, uredo, ureid, urged, uriel, urine, urled, urned

4 Letter Words for Floundering

defi, degu, deil, delf, deli, deni, derf, dern, dero, deul, diel, dier, dilo, dine, ding, dino, diol, dire, dirl, doen, doer, doge, dole, dolf, doli, done, dong, doni, dore, dorn, dour, dreg, drie, drof, drou, drug, duel, duer, dule, dune, dung, durn, duro, egol, eild, elod, endo, engl, engr, enol, enuf, eorl, ergo, erin, euoi, euro, fedn, feil, fend, feni, feod, ferd, fern, feru, feud, fide, fido, fied, fiel, fier, figo, file, filo, find, fine, finn, fino, fire, firn, fled, fleg, flir, floe, flog, flon, flor, flue, foen, foge, foid, foil, foin, fold, fole, fond, fone, ford, fore, foud, foul, foun, four, fren, frig, froe, frog, frug, fuel, fund, fung, furl, furn, furo, gein, geir, geld, genl, genu, geod, geol, gied, gien, gild, gile, gilo, ginn, gird, gire, girl, girn, giro, gled, glei, glen, glid, glod, glor, glue, gneu, gode, goel, goen, goer, gold, gole, golf, goli, gond, gone, gore, gren, grid, grin, grue, gruf, grun, gude, guid, guld, gule, gulf, gulo, gunl, gurl, gurn, ideo, idle, idol, idun, iglu, inde, indn, infl, info, ingo, inne, inro, iode, ired, iron, iure, leir, lend, leng, leno, leon, leud, lido, lied, lief, lien, lier, lieu, life, lifo, lige, lind, line, ling, linn, lino, lion, lire, lndg, lode, loed, loge, loid, loin, loir, lond, lone, long, lord, lore, lori, lorn, loud, loun, lour, lude, ludo, luge, lund, lune, lung, lunn, lure, lurg, neif, nein, neon, nerd, nide, nied, nief, nife, nile, nine, niog, nirl, node, nodi, noel, noil, noir, nold, nole, none, nong, nore, nori, norn, noul, noun, nude, nung, nurd, nurl, odel, oder, odin, ogle, ogre, olid, oner, ordn, ordu, ored, orfe, orig, orle, ould, ourn, redo, refl, regd, rego, reif, rein, rend, renn, reno, rgen, ride, riel, rife, rile, rind, rine, ring, rode, roed, roid, roil, roin, role, rolf, rond, rone, rong, roud, roue, roul, roun, rude, rued, ruen, ruin, rule, rund, rune, rung, udon, ufer, ugli, unde, undo, unie, unio, urde, urge, urol

3 Letter Words for Floundering

def, deg, dei, del, den, der, die, dif, dig, dil, din, dir, dle, dlr, doe, dog, dol, don, dor, due, dug, dui, dun, duo, dur, edo, efl, ego, eir, eld, elf, eli, end, eng, enl, eof, eon, erd, erf, erg, ern, fdr, fed, fei, fen, fer, feu, fgn, fid, fie, fig, fil, fin, fir, fld, flo, flu, fod, foe, fog, fol, fon, for, fou, frg, fri, fro, fud, fug, fun, fur, ged, gel, gen, geo, ger, gid, gie, gif, gin, gio, gld, gnu, god, goi, gol, gon, gor, gou, grf, gro, gud, gue, gui, gul, gun, gur, ide, ido, ife, ign, ile, ilo, ind, inf, ing, inn, iof, ion, iou, ire, iud, ldg, led, leg, lei, leo, ler, leu, lid, lie, lif, lig, lin, lir, lnr, lod, loe, lof, log, lor, lud, lue, lug, luo, lur, ned, nef, neg, nei, neo, nid, nie, nig, nil, nne, nod, nog, nol, non, nor, nul, nun, nur, ode, oer, oie, oil, old, ole, one, oni, ord, ore, orf, org, orl, oud, ouf, oui, our, red, ref, reg, rei, rel, rid, rie, rif, rig, rin, rio, rld, rle, rnd, rod, roe, rog, roi, ron, rud, rue, rug, run, udo, ufo, ule, ung, uni, unl, unn, urd, ure, urf, urn

Definitions for Floundering

[1] to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
[2] to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.
[3] to struggle; to move with difficulty, as in mud
[4] to behave awkwardly; make mistakes
[5] the act of floundering
[6] Also called: fluke a European flatfish, Platichthys flesus having a greyish-brown body covered with prickly scales: family Pleuronectidae : an important food fish
[7] US and Canadian any flatfish of the families Bothidae (turbot, etc) and Pleuronectidae (plaice, halibut, sand dab, etc)

Words related to Floundering

flounderwallow, flop, stumble, plunge, travail, tumble, toss, flummox, lurch, snafu, labor, toil, fumble, thrash, grope, blunder, muddle, strive, bobble, pratfall

Words nearby Floundering

flounderflotsam and jetsam, flotus, flounce, flouncing, flouncy, flounder, flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth

Origin of Floundering

11570–80; perhaps blend of flounce1 and founder2

Other words from Floundering

floun·der·ing·ly , adverb
un·floun·der·ing , adjective

Word origin for Floundering

C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse flythra , Norwegian flundra

Synonyms for Floundering

flop, stumble, wallow, blunder, bobble, flummox, fumble, grope, labor, lurch, muddle, plunge, pratfall, snafu, strive, thrash, toil, toss, travail, tumble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, foul up, go at backwards, go to pieces, make a mess of, miss one's cue, screw up, slip up, stub one's toe, trip up, work at