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flounderish

flounderish adjective: that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles.

Adjective

flounderish (comparative more flounderish, superlative most flounderish)

  1. that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles
    • The readers were expecting things to be a little more direct, and so they're probably feeling a bit flounderish.
    • "With those precious burdens hanging before them and that walk of theirs, to say nothing of the flounderish feet, they made one think of three giant chickens just home from fishing with the catch of the day."1995, Nancy Bogen, Bagatelle--Guinevere
  2. (figuratively) (of a speech) moving from topic to topic, not focused
    • I had a big flounderish diatribe written up, but this isn't the place for it.

Forms of flounderish

comparativemore flounderish
superlativemost flounderish

Origin of flounderish

From flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish.

Questions about flounderish

What does flounderish mean?
Flounderish means that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles.
What part of speech is flounderish?
Flounderish is an adjective.

Words near flounderish in the dictionary

  1. flounderer
  2. flounderers
  3. floundering
  4. flounderingly
  5. flounderings
  6. flounderish
  7. flounderlike
  8. flounderling
  9. flounderlings
  10. flounders
  11. flour

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