Definition of struggling

struggle

verb - intransitive

• to be in disarray, to look slovenly.

  She looks good now, but you should have seen her last summer. She was struggling.

  Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by K. Roche from Greenville, SC, USA on Mar 09 2000.

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