floundering
nounHow many syllables in floundering?
There are 3 syllables in the word floundering.How to pronounce floundering:
Definition of floundering:
- floundering (noun):
- flatfish
- any of various marine fishes (families pleuronectidae, paralichthyidae, and bothidae) that include important food fishes
Synonyms for floundering:
amateur
bankrupt
bungling
cowboy
declining
depressed
dying
failing
incapable
incapacitated
incompetent
ineffectual
inept
inexpert
insolvent
insufficient
languishing
struggling
unable
unfit
unfitted
unsuccessful
useless
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- flotilla
- florida
- florian
- floraphile
- flirtation
- flavius
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- firefly
- fire hydrant
- fingernail
- financial
- finalise
- fimbria
- fiddlesticks
- ficarra
- fibrosis
- feverish
- fernando
- fernanda
- ferdinand
- fenetre
- femoral
- felony
- fellowmen
- feistiest
- favouring
- faustino
- fatuate
- fatherless
- fascism
- famular
- falchion
- fahrenheit
- fadelma
- facier
- facemark
- facedown
- eyestone
- eyesight
- exzander
- exulted
- extremely
- expressway
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- exploited
- expantiate
- exoergic
- exhaustion
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