Synonyms of scuffling

scuffling

verb

present participle of scuffle

1

as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily

she scuffled along in shoes that were much too large for her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffling
• stomping
• stumbling
• barging
• lurching
• pounding
• floundering
• trudging
• scuffing
• hauling
• dragging
• stamping
• sloughing
• shambling
• tramping
• weaving
• clumping
• lumping
• plodding
• stumping
• lumbering
• staggering
• galumphing
• slogging
• swaying
• flogging
• flopping
• tromping
• reeling
• blundering
• waddling
• tottering
• wobbling
• wabbling
• careening
• teetering
• doddering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sliding
• gliding
• coasting
• whisking
• waltzing
• drifting
• hovering
• hanging
• floating
• wafting
• breezing
• poising

2

as in wrestling

to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery

the burglar and the homeowner briefly scuffled together in the dark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrestling
• fighting
• tussling
• brawling
• grappling
• battling
• rassling
• contending
• dueling
• punching
• duelling
• hitting
• combating
• combatting
• skirmishing
• slugging
• battering
• striking
• clashing (with)
• bashing
• buffeting
• sparring
• boxing
• warring (against)
• beating