struggling

1. 1.

   engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

   “a financially struggling theater”

   “struggling artists”

   Similartroubled

Questions about struggling

What does struggling mean?

struggling means "engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity".

How many syllables are in struggling?

struggling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈstɹʌɡəlɪŋ/.

Is struggling a common word?

struggling is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.