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| Main Entry: |
plight
[plahyt]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dilemma, difficulty; situation |
| Synonyms: | bad news, circumstances, condition, corner*, double trouble, extremity, fix*, hole*, impasse, jam, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, predicament, quandary, scrape*, spot*, state*, straits, tight situation, trouble |
| Antonyms: | blessing, boon, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betrothal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marriage |
| Synonyms: | affiancing, betrothing, engagement, espousal, plight, promise, troth, vow |
| Antonyms: | divorce, separation |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, conditions |
| Synonyms: | context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstances |
| Synonyms: | action, ballgame, case, estate, happening, how it goes, how things are, how things stack up, lay of the land, like it is, mode, order, plight, position, posture, predicament, quality, rank, repair, reputation, riff, scene, shape, situation, size of it, sphere, spot, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status quo, trim, way things are, way things shape up, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | box, difficulty, dilemma, distress, fix, hole, impasse, impediment, jam, knot, pickle, plight, scrape, tight spot |
| Main Entry: | covenant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree |
| Synonyms: | bargain, concur, contract, engage, pledge, plight, promise, stipulate, swear, undertake, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disagree |
| Main Entry: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
| Synonyms: | big trouble, catastrophe, change, climacteric, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, hot potato, hour of decision, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth, necessity, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, plight, point of no return, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deadlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate, impasse |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, box*, cessation, checkmate, corner, dead end, dead heat, dilemma, draw, full stop, gridlock, halt, hole, pause, pickle, plight, posture, predicament, quandary, standoff, standstill, tie, wall* |
| Notes: | stalemate does not end - it is the outcome (stale in stalemate is from Anglo-Norman meaning 'be placed'); a standoff or deadlock can end |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilemma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crisis |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bind*, box*, corner, difficulty, double bind, embarrassment, fix, hole, hooker, impasse, jam, mess, mire, perplexity, pickle, plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, tight corner |
| Antonyms: | miracle, solution, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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