I am in a terrible dilemma.
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Dilemma
/daɪˈlɛmə/
Synonyms for "dilemma" (124 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (25)
Noun(10 words)
aristotelian soritesbafflebafflementbewildermentbindbotherboxcatch-22categorical syllogismchoice of herculescomplicationconfoundmentconfusioncornercrux
Strong matches (37)
deadlockdifficultydiscomposuredisconcertdisconcertednessdisconcertiondisconcertmentdisturbanceembarrassmentenigmaenthymemefigurefixgoclenian soritesgordian knotholeimpassejamknotknotty point
Noun(9 words)
Preposition(1 words)
into a corner
Related words (62)
Noun(17 words)
no-win situationnonplussespickleplightspredicamentpredicamentsproblematic patternquagquagmirequagmiresquandariesropessophie's choicestraittight squeezetrapvalue clash
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
7 entriesclassic dilemmadouble bindethical dilemmahypothetical dilemmamoral dilemmatwo premise dilemmavalue conflict
Collocations
6 entriesdouble bindethical conflictethical dilemmamoral conflictmoral dilemmano win situation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُعْضِلَة noun (in logic)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 二難推理 /二难推理 noun (in logic)
Esperanto
1 entries- dilemo noun (in logic)
Finnish
1 entries- dilemma noun (in logic)
Galician
1 entries- dilema noun (in logic)
Hebrew
1 entries- דילמה noun (in logic)
Polish
1 entries- dylemat noun (in logic)
Portuguese
1 entries- dilema noun (in logic)
Spanish
1 entries- dilema noun (in logic)
Tagalog
1 entries- awampili noun (in logic)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Never in his life had he encountered such a dilemma.
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Tom faces a dilemma.
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This is the dilemma.
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.