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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, destiny |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, accident, break, breaks, chance, circumstance, decree, doom, foreordination, fortune, hand one is dealt, hazard, karma, kismet, plight, portion, predestination, run of luck, way cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
| Synonyms: | ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up, muss, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | enlightenment, order, organization |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | condition, contingency, crisis, crossroads, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, plight, situation, stage, state, strait, turning point*, zero hour |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | box*, clutch, contingency, crisis, crunch, difficulty, emergency, exigency, hardship, juncture, necessity, oppression, pass, plight, pressure, strait, stress, tight spot, tight squeeze, turning point*, zero hour |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
| Synonyms: | contract, covenant, engage, give word, hock, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, sign for, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disobey, falsify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, stance |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, attitude, ballgame, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, form, habit, how things stack up, like it is, manner, mien, pass, plight, port, pose, predicament, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, the size of it |
| Main Entry: | predicament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, asperity, bad news, bind*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, fix*, hang-up, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam*, juncture, large order, lot, mess*, muddle, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, rough go, scrape*, soup, spot*, state*, strait, tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble, vicissitude |
| Antonyms: | fix, good fortune, solution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | accede, affiance, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock, insure, live up to, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, say so, secure, stipulate, string along, subscribe, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
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