Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flounderish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: floun-der-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles

adj

(of a speech) moving from topic to topic, not focused

Example Sentences

"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.""
"I had a big flounderish diatribe written up, but this isn't the place for it."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flounder

Inflected Forms

more flounderish (comparative) most flounderish (superlative)

Questions

What does flounderish mean?: that flounders; that moves with awkward struggles
Where does flounderish come from?: From flounder (“act clumsily (verb)”) + -ish.

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