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plight
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
  3. (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
  4. (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
  5. (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. predicament, dilemma, difficulty, quandary, pickle, fix, mess, jam, trouble, bind, hole, impasse, scrape, corner, spot, perplexity, extremity, pinch, straits, situation, condition, state, case, circumstances, tight spot, tight corner, dire straits, difficult situation, unfortunate situation, sad state, tight situation, sorry condition, bad news, double trouble, quagmire, crisis, mire, hot water, muddle, problem, strait, emergency, awkward situation, sticky situation, box, swamp, tricky situation, sticky wicket, rattrap, exigency … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “But as the first help trickled in on Sunday, it was the plight of the living that seemed the most desperate.”
plight
  1. A dire or unfortunate situation. [from 14th c.]
  2. (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state. [from 14th c.]
  3. (obsolete) Good health. [14th-19th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
      5. predicament, dilemma, difficulty, quandary, pickle, fix, mess, jam, trouble, bind, hole, impasse, scrape, corner, spot, perplexity, extremity, pinch, straits, situation, condition, state, case, circumstances, tight spot, tight corner, dire straits, difficult situation, unfortunate situation, sad state, tight situation, sorry condition, bad news, double trouble, quagmire, crisis, mire, hot water, muddle, problem, strait, emergency, awkward situation, sticky situation, box, swamp, tricky situation, sticky wicket, rattrap, exigency … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “But as the first help trickled in on Sunday, it was the plight of the living that seemed the most desperate.”
plight
  1. (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. predicament, dilemma, difficulty, quandary, pickle, fix, mess, jam, trouble, bind, hole, impasse, scrape, corner, spot, perplexity, extremity, pinch, straits, situation, condition, state, case, circumstances, tight spot, tight corner, dire straits, difficult situation, unfortunate situation, sad state, tight situation, sorry condition, bad news, double trouble, quagmire, crisis, mire, hot water, muddle, problem, strait, emergency, awkward situation, sticky situation, box, swamp, tricky situation, sticky wicket, rattrap, exigency … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But as the first help trickled in on Sunday, it was the plight of the living that seemed the most desperate.”
plighter
  1. One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
plighting
  1. The act by which something is plighted or pledged.
plightings
  1. plural of plighting
plighters
  1. plural of plighter
plights
  1. plural of plight
  2. Synonyms:
      3. problems, issues, dilemmas, obstacles, setbacks, troubles, headaches, pickles, predicaments, quandaries, catch-22s, hassles, hindrances, hurdles, misfortunes, obstructions, worries, bugbears, burdens, catches, disputes, downsides, drawbacks, messes, perplexities, questions, adversities, botherations, worriments, boxes, challenges, complications, difficulties, doubts, glitches, hitches, scrapes, snags, squeezes, teething troubles, cans of worms, hot water, trouble, adversity, grievances, bother, worry, difficulty, complication, impediments … more
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