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Synonyms for plight
plaɪt
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Princeton's WordNet
predicament, quandary, plight(noun)
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, trothplight, troth(verb)
a solemn pledge of fidelity
Synonyms:
quandary, betrothal, predicament, engagement, trothbetroth, engage, affiance, plight(verb)
give to in marriage
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rent, prosecute, occupy, engross, charter, mesh, pledge, operate, employ, absorb, engage, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, enlistpledge, plight(verb)
promise solemnly and formally
"I pledge that I will honor my wife"
Synonyms:
betroth, engage, wassail, drink, salute, affiance, pledge, subscribe, toast
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
plight(n)
Synonyms:
situation, condition, predicament, difficulty, dilemmaplight(v)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
plight(v. a.)
Synonyms:
pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as securityplight(n.)
plight(n.)
Synonyms:
condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#246 | take | |
#867 | subscribe | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1637 | rent | |
#1902 | situation | |
#2197 | hire | |
#2724 | drink | |
#3241 | mesh | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3789 | charter | |
#3943 | operate | |
#4128 | lease | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5323 | wage | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6986 | spell | |
#7546 | pursue | |
#7888 | fate | |
#8886 | pledge | |
#9099 | employ | |
#12669 | distress | |
#13157 | toast | |
#13532 | dilemma | |
#15487 | misery | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#15899 | occupy | |
#18518 | salute | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#22266 | plight | |
#24560 | vow | |
#24818 | prosecute | |
#29653 | ordeal | |
#32537 | enlist | |
#38996 | predicament | |
#58056 | quandary | |
#113321 | troth | |
#117013 | betrothal | |
#133273 | wassail | |
#233923 | engross | |
#319633 | betroth |
How to use plight in a sentence?
I did feel like being a paparazzi for a second. I do empathize with their plight.
There’s a big push to get veterans into housing by the end of the year, here I am, four months later. As the five-year target runs out, and the cold of winter edges closer, thousands of our nation's finest remainwithout a home. While homelessness among America's finest has improved nationwide, it is still rising in 17 states, andthere's been a 13 percent increase in Washington, D.C., where 1 in every 50 veterans remains homeless, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. As many as 840,000 men and women who have served in the uniform of the United States went to sleepwithout a home on at least one night in 2014, according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans andon any given night. Many combat veterans find themselves homeless through the evil of drug addiction -- ofevery 10 veterans returning from overseas conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of them suffers fromsubstance abuse, according to the Veterans Affairs Administration. And one in every three of those veterans is also suffering from Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder( PTSD). Manyfall through the cracks, get lost in the bureaucratic flurry of papers, and disappear onto the streets. Yet the United States has begun to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees -- at an estimated resettling cost of $ 15,700 each, according the State Department, despite the plight of thousands of veterans still left out in thecold. In several interviews conducted by LifeZette around DC, many of these veterans are looking out forthemselves, and are n’t waiting on elusive aid from the federal government or the president. I ’d really love the opportunity to get a job, Darr said, his voice choking a bit as he looked away, becauseLord knows, it’s humiliating.
I believe that communities are strengthened by diversity, i am truly sorry for offending and being insensitive to the plight of others. I seek to do better and commit to supporting and improving diversity and inclusion in my own community going forward.
We thought that they had historically been much more resilient to human effects, but in fact they've actually been suffering for much longer than we thought, this will hopefully highlight the plight of gibbons and other primates in particular.
When Marc Angelucci was litigating on behalf of men's issues, Marc Angelucci was still always considering the female plight and perspective, marc Angelucci was just Marc Angelucci and well-loved within the men's rights community.
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