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Predicament

Predicament Meaning & Definition
Predicament Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Predicament?

[n] a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Predicament: plight | quandary

Related Terms | Find terms related to Predicament: adverse circumstances | adversity | affliction | aggravation | annoyance | baffle | bafflement | bearings | bewilderment | bind | blight | blood | bother | box | bracket | branch | breakers ahead | bummer | cardhouse | care | case | case of need | caste | category | cause for alarm | circumstance | clan | class | clutch | complication | condition | confoundment | confusion | corner | crisis | cross | crunch | curse | danger | dangerous ground | deep water | difficulties | difficulty | dilemma | dire necessity | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | disturbance | division | downer | embarrassing position | embarrassment | emergency | endangerment | enigma | estate | exigence | exigency | fine how-do-you-do | fix | footing | gaping chasm | gathering clouds | grade | group | grouping | hard knocks | hard life | hard lot | hardcase | hardship | hazard | head | heading | hell to pay | hobble | hole | hot | hot water | house of cards | how-do-you-do | imbroglio | immediacy | impasse | imperative | imperativeness | imperilment | in a bind | irritation | jam | jeopardy | kin | label | level | location | lot | matter of necessity | menace | mess | mix | modality | mode | morass | mystery | nonplus | order | parlous straits | pass | peril | perplexity | perturbation | pickle | pigeonhole | pinch | place | plight | position | posture | pother | pressingness | pressure | pretty pass | pretty pickle | pretty predicament | problem | puzzle | puzzlement | quagmire | quandary | quicksand | race | rank | rating | riddle | rigor | risk | rocks ahead | rubric | scrape | sea of troubles | section | sept | set | situation | slough | spot | squeeze | standing | state | station | status | stew | sticky wicket | storm clouds | strain | strait | straits | stratum | stress | stress of life | subdivision | subgroup | suborder | swamp | thin ice | threat | tight spot | tight squeeze | tightrope | title | trial | tribulation | tricky spot | trouble | troubles | unassuredness | unholy mess | upset | urgency | urgent need | vale of tears | vicissitude

See Also | box | care | corner | difficulty | hot water

Predicament In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre*dic"a*ment\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]dicament, L. praedicamentum. See {Predicate}.] 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. ``O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament!'' --Shak. 2. (Logic) See {Category}. Syn: Category; condition; state; plight.

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