struggle

strug-gle · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To make forceful efforts to get free.

  2. 2.

    To have difficulty handling or coping.

  3. 3.

    [as noun]A forceful effort; a difficult task.

Related words

Antonyms: surrender
See also: effort, fight, strive
Synonyms: battle, fight, strive

Etymology

From Middle English struglen, of uncertain origin.