wrestles
Meaning of wrestles
verb, 3rd person present
- take part in a fight, either as sport or in earnest, that involves grappling with one's opponent and trying to throw or force them to the ground.
he wrestled with the intruder before being knocked unconscious
- struggle with a difficulty or problem.
for over a year David wrestled with a guilty conscience
- a wrestling bout or contest.
a wrestle to the death
- a hard struggle.
a lifelong wrestle with depression
Old English, frequentative of wrǣstan ‘wrest’.
Information about wrestles
- The singular form of wrestles is: wrestle.
- Languages in which wrestles is used:
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Hyphenation of wrestles
wres-tles
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- wrestles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wrestles synonyms
Meaning engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle:
Meaning take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons:
Meaning make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction:
Meaning have a long, complicated dispute or argument:
Meaning compete with others in a struggle to achieve (something):
Meaning compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something:
Meaning struggle tenaciously to achieve or resist something:
Meaning take action to reduce or prevent (something bad or undesirable):
Meaning engage in a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters:
Meaning engage in a vigorous struggle or scuffle:
Meaning push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd:
Meaning fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way:
Meaning meet and come into violent conflict:
Meaning discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:
Anagrams of wrestles
Words that rhyme with wrestles
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