The documentary is meant to raise consciousness about the plight of the poor.
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Plight
//plaɪt//
Synonyms for "plight" (197 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (59)
contractcontract an engagementcornercountersigncovenantcrisiscrosscrunchcursedangerdangerous grounddeadlockdifficultiesdifficultydilemmadiscomposuredisconcertdisconcertednessdisconcertiondisconcertment
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disturbancedownerembarrassing positionembarrassmentemergencyendangermentengageengagementenigmaestateextremityfaithfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfixfootinggaping chasmgathering cloudsguaranteehard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardshiphazardhell to payhobbleholehot waterhouse of cardshow-do-you-doimbroglioimpasseimperilment
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (98)
irritationjamjeopardyjuncturelocationlotmake a promisemenacemessmixmodalitymodemorassmysterynonplusoathparlous straitsparolepasspawn
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perilperplexityperturbationpicklepinchplacepositionposturepotherpressurepretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentproblempromisepublish the bannspuzzlepuzzlementquagmirequandaryquicksandrankriddlerigorriskrocks aheadscrapesea of troublessituationsloughsolemn declarationsoupspotsqueezestandingstatestationstatusstewsticky wicketstorm cloudsstraitstraitsstressstress of lifeswampswearthin icethreattight spottight squeezetightropetrialtribulationtricky spottrothtroubletroublesunassurednessunderwriteunholy messupsetvale of tearsvicissitudevouchvowwarrantwarrantywordword of honor
Verb(1 words)
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3 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
43 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- притеснение noun (unfortunate situation)
- състояние noun (condition or state)
Catalan
1 entries- tràngol noun (unfortunate situation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 困境 noun (unfortunate situation)
- 险境 noun (unfortunate situation)
Czech
2 entries- tíživá situace noun (unfortunate situation)
- těžký úděl noun (unfortunate situation)
Dutch
2 entries- benarde toestand noun (unfortunate situation)
- toestand noun (condition or state)
Finnish
4 entries- ahdinko noun (unfortunate situation)
- lupaus noun (that which is exposed to risk)
- panos noun (that which is exposed to risk)
- sijoitus noun (that which is exposed to risk)
French
1 entries- situation désespérée noun (unfortunate situation)
German
4 entries- Bedrängnis noun (unfortunate situation)
- Misere noun (unfortunate situation)
- Notlage noun (unfortunate situation)
- Zustand noun (condition or state)
Hungarian
2 entries- megszorultság noun (unfortunate situation)
- nehéz/szorult/sanyarú helyzet noun (unfortunate situation)
Italian
2 entries- brutta situazione noun (unfortunate situation)
- difficoltà noun (unfortunate situation)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദുരവസ്ഥ noun (unfortunate situation)
Norwegian
3 entries- kinkig noun (unfortunate situation)
- knipe noun (unfortunate situation)
- situasjon noun (unfortunate situation)
Polish
2 entries- kłopoty noun (unfortunate situation)
- tarapaty noun (unfortunate situation)
Portuguese
2 entries- apuro noun (unfortunate situation)
- dificuldade noun (unfortunate situation)
Russian
2 entries- положе́ние noun (condition or state)
- состоя́ние noun (condition or state)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nedaća noun (unfortunate situation)
- stanje noun (condition or state)
Spanish
4 entries- aprieto noun (unfortunate situation)
- atrenzo noun (unfortunate situation)
- calvario noun (unfortunate situation)
- crisis noun (unfortunate situation)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The old King, who was looking out of his window, beheld her in this plight, and it struck him how sweet and gentle, even beautiful, she looked.
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They understood my plight.
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He was not sympathetic to my plight.
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