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Synonyms for plight
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. plightnoun

    Synonyms:
    situation, condition, predicament, difficulty, dilemma

  2. plightverb

    Synonyms:
    vow, pledge

Princeton's WordNet1.8 / 11 votes

  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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plightnoun

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

  2. plightverb

    Synonyms:
    pawn, pledge, promise, betroth

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How to use plight in a sentence?

  1. Mickey Mehta:

    Be a lover and not a fighter. Being a lover gives you all the magical might but as a fighter it's an ugly plight. Win this world with love don't terrorize, love one love all simply MickeyMize.

  2. Charles Schumer:

    The plight of uninsured Americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly needed to be addressed. But it wasn't the change we were hired to make, we would have been better able to address it if Democrats had first proposed and passed bold programs aimed at a broader swath of the middle class.

  3. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda:

    Women and girls continue to bear the brunt of sustained attacks on innocent civilians, victims of rapes are asking themselves how many more women should be brutally attacked for this council to appreciate the magnitude of their plight.

  4. Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia:

    If Mrs. Anderson had indeed been Anastasia, Queen Marie would have recognized her on the spot. ... Marie would never have been shocked at anything, and a niece of mine would have known it. ... There is not one tittle of genuine evidence in the story. The woman keeps away from the one relative who would have been the first to recognize her, understand her desperate plight, and symphathize with her.

  5. Paul Chavez:

    We made it a point to ensure that our listeners understood that the plight of African Americans is the plight of the Latino community, while we may come from different backgrounds, we share the same plight and we share the same dreams.


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