foundering

Speech parts

1. foundering - Noun

2. foundering - Verb

Meaning

of Founder

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

going under give according loss fall slip lurch failure break defeat falling trip collapse disaster founder
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Antonyms

winning prevailing succeeding conquering figuring doing
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Hypernyms

sinking

Examples

Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor. Christopher Hitchens

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of each happy art and faith By which the world had still kept head in air. Robert Graves

I play a nice crazy lady whose morals are right but who is really foundering. Mary Crosby

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of each happy art and faith By which the world had still kept head in air. Mike Jones

After Hefner suffered a minor stroke in 1985, he stepped down as CEO and turned over all Playboy business operations to his daughter, Christie, who guided the company's fledgling cable TV channel but shuttered its foundering Playboy Clubs. Source: Internet

As the model made the turn, the breeze in the upper works forced it to heel more than at calm, forcing the main deck gun ports below the waterline and foundering the model within a few seconds. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

founder of the society of jesus founder of western medicine founderess founderitis founderous foundershaft