struggled

Meanings

• adjective

  having fought or contended, especially hard or long; weary or exhausted from a struggle

  - "After the long-fought battle, the soldiers were struggling to recover."
  - "Despite the struggling economy, the company managed to stay afloat."

• intransitive verb

  make an effort to do something, typically something difficult

  - "I struggled to finish the marathon in under three hours."
  - "She struggled with her math homework."

• transitive verb

  make it hard for someone to do something

  - "The uneven terrain struggled my progress."
  - "The new policy struggled the morale of the employees."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈstɹʌɡl̩d/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with struggled
grumbled , stumbled , mumbled

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Variants

List of all variants of struggled that leads to same result
struggle , struggled , struggler , strugglers , struggles , struggling , struggle on , struggled on , struggles on , struggling on

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Forms

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struggles, struggled, struggling

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Etymology

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Old English strīgan; related to striðan 'to contend, strive'

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Trivia

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1. The word 'struggled' appears in the title of the 1975 film 'Straw Dogs', in which a married couple faces a series of violent challenges to their relationship.

2. The word 'struggled' is also the name of a popular brand of strawberries.

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Related Concepts

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1. hardship: A state of suffering or privation, especially as caused by lack of money, food, or other necessities.

2. challenge: A situation that tests a person's abilities, skills, or strengths.

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Culture

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The word 'struggled' has been used extensively in literature to describe the hardships and challenges faced by characters. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the character Jay Gatsby is described as having 'struggled' to achieve the American Dream.

How to Memorize "struggled"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person putting forth great effort to accomplish a task, sweating and straining against an unyielding force.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'struggled' with words like 'challenge', 'hardship', and 'perseverance'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the sentence: 'Struggling to Understand Grammar Is Tough'.

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