Synonyms for plight
plaɪtplight

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1. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   situation, condition, predicament, difficulty, dilemma

2. plightverb

   Synonyms:
   vow, pledge

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1. predicament, quandary, plightnoun

   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:
   quandary, predicament, dilemma, troth

2. plight, trothverb

   a solemn pledge of fidelity

   Synonyms:
   quandary, betrothal, predicament, engagement, troth

3. betroth, engage, affiance, plightverb

   give to in marriage

   Synonyms:
   rent, prosecute, occupy, engross, charter, mesh, pledge, operate, employ, absorb, engage, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, enlist

4. pledge, plightverb

   promise solemnly and formally

   "I pledge that I will honor my wife"

   Synonyms:
   betroth, engage, wassail, drink, salute, affiance, pledge, subscribe, toast

Matched Categories

1. • Difficulty
   • Promise
   • Vow

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1. plightverb

   Synonyms:
   pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as security

2. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   pledge, pawn, gage

3. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE

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1. plightnoun

   Synonyms:
   condition, state, dilemma, predicament, situation, scrape

2. plightverb

   Synonyms:
   pawn, pledge, promise, betroth

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1. List of paraphrases for "plight":

   predicament, suffering, fate, distress, ordeal, hardship, situation, misery, spell, dilemma

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1. Jennifer Lawrence:

   Of course they’re not going to vote for Hillary Clinton ; they’re going to vote for Donald Trump. You laughed at them when their plight is very real.

2. Mario Placidi Spring:

   Tourists to Svalbard Airport are well-informed, so the course taught me the' hard skills' of multi-day excursions on glaciers and hiking, whilst educating guests on issues affecting the region, svalbard Airport highlights the plight of the Arctic.

3. Marco Rubio:

   It is particularly outrageous when individuals who claim to be fleeing repression in Cuba are welcomed and allowed to ?collect federal assistance based on their plight, only to return often to the very place they claimed to be fleeing.

4. Laolu Akande:

   The implementation of a three-pronged financial intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari to assuage workers plight and support the states is now in progress.

5. President Barack Obama:

   He is very mindful of the plight of so many immigrants who are wonderful people, working hard, making contributions, many of their children are U.S. citizens, and yet they still live in the shadows, in many cases have been deported and are separated from families.