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To be honest, making albums is really never easy. It's always a bit excruciating because there's always this fight to make it great, and then you hit these stumbling blocks along the way.
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Meaning of "stumbling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STUMBLING

stumbling  [ˈstʌmbəlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUMBLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stumbling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STUMBLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Definition of stumbling in the English dictionary

The definition of stumbling in the dictionary is walking in an awkward, unsteady, or unsure way. Other definition of stumbling is making mistakes or hesitating in speech or actions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STUMBLING


corbeling
ˈkɔːbəlɪŋ
corbelling
ˈkɔːbəlɪŋ
counselling
ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
disabling
dɪˈseɪb əlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
ennobling
ɪnˈnəʊbəlɪŋ
grumbling
ˈɡrʌmbəlɪŋ
juggling
ˈdʒʌɡəlɪŋ
labelling
ˈleɪbəlɪŋ
libelling
ˈlaɪbəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
rebelling
ˈrebəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
signalling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
squabbling
ˈskwɒbəlɪŋ
symbolling
ˈsɪmbəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUMBLING

stum
stumble
stumblebum
stumbler
stumbling block
stumblingly
stumbly
stumer
stumm
stummed
stummel
stumming
stump
stump farm
stump ranch
stump speech
stump up
stump-jump plough
stumpage
stumper

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUMBLING

babbling
bling
bling bling
bling-bling
cabling
calling
doubling
dribbling
gambling
humbling
mumbling
quibbling
rambling
rumbling
scrambling
shambling
sibling
timetabling
trembling
troubling
warbling

Synonyms and antonyms of stumbling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STUMBLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stumbling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of stumbling

Translation of «stumbling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUMBLING

Find out the translation of stumbling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stumbling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stumbling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

磕磕绊绊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tropezando
570 millions of speakers

English

stumbling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عثرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

камнем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tropeçando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হুমড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trébuchant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tersandung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stolper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

つまずき
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비틀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stumbling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டுக்கட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडखळणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tökezleyerek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inciampando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potykając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

каменем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poticnire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκοντάψει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

struikel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snubblande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snubler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stumbling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUMBLING»

The term «stumbling» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUMBLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stumbling

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10 QUOTES WITH «STUMBLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stumbling.
1
Aberjhani
Many people can rightfully claim, as much as anyone can rightfully claim anything, that much of their lives have been spent stumbling through a cloud of cluelessness.
2
Jill Abramson
I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasn't necessarily intending to read.
3
Kurt Busiek
When I realized that people actually wrote comics, that it was a job people could do, I thought, 'Gee, these things are only 17 pages long! I could probably finish one of those and find out whether I suck before I've spent five years of my life on it.' In stumbling into comics that way, I discovered that I loved the form.
4
Eric Clapton
It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
5
Amber Frey
In the end, it all comes to choices to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
6
Ellen Gallagher
There's so much happenstance, so many accidents - stumbling into something and finding it interesting and living with it over time and building on it. It's okay to work from doubt. You need to be willing to not know.
7
Paul Gauguin
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
8
Robert Guillaume
Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't believe was ever smoothed over.
9
Jesse Harris
To be honest, making albums is really never easy. It's always a bit excruciating because there's always this fight to make it great, and then you hit these stumbling blocks along the way.
10
Cullen Hightower
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUMBLING»

Discover the use of stumbling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stumbling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stumbling on Happiness
With penetrating insight and sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Daniel Gilbert, 2006
2
Stumbling Into Infinity: An Ordinary Man in the Sphere of ...
The intimate and sometime startling account of Fischman's spiritual journey and the encounter that changed his life forever.
Michael Fischman, 2010
3
Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually ...
Part diary, part devotional, Stumbling Into Grace weaves hilarious and poignant stories from Lisa’s own life with intimate and transformational encounters from the life of Christ.
Lisa Harper, 2011
4
Stumbling Blocks Before the Blind: Medieval Constructions of ...
Early attitudes toward blindness in France and England, and the light those responses shed on contemporary attitudes toward disability
Edward Wheatley, 2010
5
Stumbling Toward Sustainability
This book brings together 42 distinguished experts from a variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines. It is among the most thorough assessments ever conducted of U.S. law and policy concerning the environment.
John C. Dernbach, 2002
6
Millstones & Stumbling Blocks: Understanding Education in ...
Patch Blakey Executive Director, The Association of Classical & Christian SchoolsIf you can handle a paradigm threat with a whiff of humor, read Brad Heaths Millstones & Stumbling Blocks.
Bradley Heath, 2006
7
Stumbling on Open Ground: Love, God, Cancer, and Rock 'n' Roll
She is the enduring comforter, a co-victim of cancer whose capacity for selfless, empathetic eros comprises the human counterpart to God’s agape. This is the consummate love story of two people on a journey with God to the edge and back.
Ken Mansfield, 2013
8
Stumbling toward Faith
Renee Altson's powerful, personal narrative details the evil done to her throughout her life---almost exclusively at the hands of the church---and how she struggles and stumbles toward faith despite her ordeal.
Renée N. Altson, 2009
9
Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the ...
Relates the early-20th-century attempts by the Moscow-based Communist International to start a revolutionary movement in Mexico.
Daniela Spenser, 2011
10
Stumbling Blocks of Evolution
Warning: This Book May Bolster Your Faith!
Chris Nitardy, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUMBLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stumbling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Munich to Continue Ban of Stumbling Stone Holocaust Memorials
The "Stolpersteine," or stumbling stones, have been placed at the entrances to houses of Holocaust victims to remind today's population of the Jewish history ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
UP moves to clear stumbling blocks in way of Lucknow Metro
At a high-level meeting to review the progress in the Lucknow Metro Rail, Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan directed that the stumbling blocks in purchase of private ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
3
Major stumbling block on US-290 after TxDOT fires contractor
US-290 is undergoing a major construction project, but recently drivers and businesses owners along one portion of the freeway noticed that roadwork had ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»
4
Video captures man stumbling, falling onto Pa. subway tracks
Screen Shot 2015-07-02 at 8.18.22 AM.JPG. A man was pulled to safety after he stumbled onto Philadelphia subway tracks. (Screen capture from video, ABC6). «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Video of a drunk raccoon stumbling and falling over after getting …
A thirsty raccoon has somehow clawed his way inside a beer distribution warehouse in Brooklyn, and before long hilarity ensued. The feral intruder was caught ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
Philadelphians in Berlin: Stumbling into success
In a city that's been re-purposed as endlessly as Berlin, visitors are inevitably going to find themselves stumbling – on that extra few inches of platform on which ... «Philly.com, May 15»
7
Stumbling Into a Wider War
It is long past time for Congress to set firm parameters so America does not stumble blindly into another morass. Sadly, even as the administration contemplates ... «New York Times, May 15»
8
Stumbling Steer to close this week
stumblingsteerfromfile Just over a year after its high-profile debut, The Stumbling Steer is keeling over — and a well-known Albuquerque restaurateur is ready to ... «Albuquerque Journal, Apr 15»
9
Russia and America: Stumbling to War
Russia and America: Stumbling to War. Could a U.S. response to Russia's actions in Ukraine provoke a confrontation that leads to a U.S.-Russian war? «The National Interest Online, Apr 15»
10
Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal on ALERT as Lucas Moura contract …
MANCHESTER UNITED, Liverpool and Arsenal are on alert with Lucas Moura's contract talks at PSG hitting a stumbling block, according to reports. By Ben ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»

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