All plight synonyms
plight
P p verb plight
- covenant β A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- mortgaged β a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- mortgaging β a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- live up to β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
noun plight
- deadlock β If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- betrothment β the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- double bind β Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- juncture β a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- word β Microsoft Word
- muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- affliction β An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- demandingness β the quality of being demanding
- extremity β The furthest point or limit of something.
- mess β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- impasse β a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- corner β A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
- meltdown β network meltdown
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- needfulness β The property of being needful or necessary.
- mixup β an act or instance of mixing.
- condition β If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
- moirai β Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- hot potato β Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- exigency β An urgent need or demand.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- engagement β A formal agreement to get married.
- foreordination β previous ordination or appointment.
- ballgame β any game played with a ball
- criticalness β inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- disconcertion β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- dilemma β a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- foul-up β a condition of difficulty or disorder brought on by inefficiency, stupidity, etc.
- emergency β A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
- hole β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- imperativeness β absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- affiance β to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
- choke point β a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- affiancing β Present participle of affiance.
- embarrassment β A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- closed book β something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- hangup β Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- ataxia β lack of muscular coordination
- locus β a place; locality.
- lot β lot (def 14).
- quagmire β an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- crisis β A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
- deep water β having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.