struggling

Definitions

Experiencing difficulty or making a strenuous effort to achieve something.

Having trouble maintaining one's position, health, or financial stability.

Examples

The small business is struggling to keep up with the rising costs of raw materials.

She was struggling to carry all of the heavy grocery bags up the stairs.

Synonyms

striving grappling toiling laboring battling faltering scrambling

Antonyms

thriving flourishing succeeding prospering sailing coasting advancing