QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: NOUN
- A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
- A state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation, or puzzlement; a pickle; a predicament.
- A state of uncertainty or perplexity. : predicament.
- State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- A solemn pledge, as of faith.
- A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- A solemn pledge of fidelity
- A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one. : predicament.
- Peril; danger; harm; damage.
- A solemn promise or engagement concerning a matter of serious personal moment; solemn assurance or pledge.
- An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
- Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
- Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied.
- That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
- A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
- An obsolete preterit and past participle of pluck.
- A fold; a plait.
- A good condition or state.
- In particular— A bad condition or state; a distressed or distressing condition or predicament; misfortune.
- Condition; position; state; situation; predicament.
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: VERB
- N/A
- Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
- To expose to risk; to pledge.
- Promise solemnly and formally
- Give to in marriage
- To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
- To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
- To give or pledge (one's word or oath, for example).
- To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth.
- To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
- To promise; to engage; to betroth.
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To put into a quandary; bring into a state of uncertainty or difficulty.
- To be in a difficulty or uncertainty; hesitate.
- To combine or put together in one's mind.
- Synonyms Pledge, Plight. Pledge is applied to property as well as to word, faith, truth, honor, etc. Plight is now chiefly poetic or rhetorical; to plight honor is, as it were, to deposit it in pledge for the performance of an act—not often for the truth of a statement—to be forfeited if the act is not performed.
- To engage by solemn promise; pledge; engage or bind one's self by pledging: as, to plight one's hand, word, honor, faith, truth, vows, etc.
- Imp. & p. p. of pluck.
- Imp. & p. p. of plight, to pledge.
- To weave; plait; fold. See plait.
- (idiom) (plight (one's) troth) To give one's solemn oath.
- (idiom) (plight (one's) troth) To become engaged to marry.
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: RELATED WORDS
- Question, Imbroglio, Sticky wicket, Problem, Paradox, Trade off, Puzzlement, Embarrassment, Unease, Stalemate, Impasse, Conundrum, Plight, Predicament, Dilemma
- Tragedy, Dilemma, Misery, Ordeal, Hardship, Anguish, Fate, Situation, Betroth, Affiance, Engage, Pledge, Troth, Quandary, Predicament
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Confusion, Uncertainty, Riddle, Question, Sticky wicket, Problem, Paradox, Trade off, Puzzlement, Embarrassment, Unease, Conundrum, Plight, Predicament, Dilemma
- Wretchedness, Suffering, Squalor, Tragedy, Dilemma, Misery, Ordeal, Hardship, Anguish, Fate, Betroth, Affiance, Pledge, Quandary, Predicament
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- The Employment Insurance Hearing Quandary to Participate or Not!
- This creates a quandary for the armed citizen.
- Greg had been in a quandary all summer.
- An Iliad recounting the moral quandary of man?
- We helped a client navigate this legal quandary.
- How does an author resolve such a quandary?
- Cases like HP, however, illustrate a different quandary.
- All of this amounts to an ethical quandary.
- Any ideas on a solution to my quandary?
- We all are in a quandary regarding cable.
- Surviving Katrina The plight of pets left behind.
- The plight of most North Koreans is dire.
- Hamp, but comes to identify with his plight.
- State executives towards the plight of indigent persons.
- The various disabilities on arrival aggravated their plight.
- Her plight has prompted international expressions of support.
- You could never understand us or our plight.".
- His plight nonetheless evokes not sympathy, but pity.
- There is at least one, if not several differences between the plight of immigrants and the plight of the unborn.
- Pity does not see the cause of their plight, but only the plight itself.
QUANDARY vs PLIGHT: QUESTIONS
- Will site of Courthouse Drive Veritable Quandary out of business?
- How do I get to Quandary Peak and McCullough Gulch?
- How many answers to the quandary (7) crossword clue?
- What ethical quandary does Thibodeau face in his research?
- How can we fully understand the plight of the freed slaves?
- How did Lawson observe the plight of women on the land?
- Is Asif Owaisi really concerned about the plight of Muslim women?
- How does Hughes use similes to describe his people's plight?
- Can Aam Aadmi Party change Punjab's plight of voters?
- Who is the family in a Christmas Carol whose plight?
- How did Naghmeh experience the plight of Christians in Iran?
- What is the plight of Human Resource Accounting in India?
- How to end the plight of stateless persons in Brazil?
- Is revenge bedtime procrastination a plight of our times?