Dictionary entry

Struggle (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Strug″gle (?), n. 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. Macaulay.

3. Contest; contention; strife.

An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison.

Syn. — Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.