Predicament

/pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/

Synonyms for "predicament" (219 found)

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Noun(6 words)

plight quandary charybdis compromising corners crossfires

adverse circumstancesadversity affliction aggravation annoyance baffle bafflement bearings bewilderment bind blight blood bother box bracket branchbreakers aheadbummer cardhouse care

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casecase of needcaste categorycause for alarmcircumstance clan class clutch complication condition confoundment confusion corner crisis cross crunch curse

Strong matches (66)

dangerdangerous grounddeadlockdeep waterdifficulties difficulty dilemmadire necessitydiscomposure disconcert disconcertedness disconcertion disconcertment disturbance division downerembarrassing positionembarrassment emergency endangerment

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enigma estate exigence exigencyfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfix footinggaping chasmgathering cloudsgrade group groupinghard knockshard lifehard lothardcase hardship hazard head headinghell to payhobble hole hothot waterhouse of cardshow-do-you-doimbroglio immediacy impasse imperative imperativeness imperilmentin a bindirritation

Noun(9 words)

deep watersdifficulty dilemma dilemmasdutch schrapenentrapment fixes galere horns

Preposition(1 words)

into a corner

Related words (109)

jam jeopardy juncture kin label level location lot mattermatter of necessitymenace mess mix modality mode morass mystery nonplus orderparlous straits

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pass peril perplexity perturbation pickle pigeonhole pinch place plight position posture pother pressingness pressurepretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentproblem puzzle puzzlement quagmire quandary quicksand race rank rating riddle rigor riskrocks aheadrubric scrapesea of troublessection sept set situation slough snarl spot squeeze standing state station status stewsticky wicketstorm cloudsstrain strait straits stratum stressstress of lifesubdivision subgroup suborder swampthin icethreattight spottight squeezetightrope title trial tribulationtricky spottrouble troubles unassurednessunholy messupset urgencyurgent needvale of tearsvicissitude

Noun(13 words)

lurch messes mires miring morasses plights problem quag quagmires quandaries quicksands ropes tangle

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More general

5 entries

condition difficultness difficulty situation state

More specific

5 entries

difficult positionethical quandarymoral dilemmasticky situationtight spot

Collocations

6 entries

economic predicamentethical predicamentfinancial predicamentlegal predicamentmoral predicamentstrategic predicament

Inflections

1 entries

predicaments

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We have a similar predicament.

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If you'd been a bit more careful, we wouldn't be in this predicament.

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I explained my predicament.

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What an awful predicament.

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