When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.
Source: tatoeba (1967)
Quandary
//ˈkwɒn.də.ɹi//
Synonyms for "quandary" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (44)
Noun(17 words)
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13 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 20 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- dyshim noun (a dilemma)
- pavendosmëri noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дилема noun (a dilemma)
- затруднение noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Catalan
1 entries- dilema noun (a dilemma)
Czech
3 entries- bezradnost noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- dilema noun (a dilemma)
- rozpaky noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Dutch
3 entries- besluiteloosheid noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- dilemma noun (a dilemma)
- onzekerheid noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Esperanto
1 entries- dilemo noun (a dilemma)
Estonian
2 entries- kimbatus noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- kitsikus noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Finnish
1 entries- pulma noun (a dilemma)
French
4 entries- dilemme noun (a dilemma)
- embarras noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- incertitude noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- perplexité noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Georgian
3 entries- გართულება noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- გაჭირვებული მდგომარეობა noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- დილემა noun (a dilemma)
German
4 entries- Dilemma noun (a dilemma)
- Verlegenheit noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- Zwickmühle noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- verfahrene Situation noun (a dilemma)
Hungarian
2 entries- dilemma noun (a dilemma)
- tanácstalanság noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Italian
1 entries- dilemma noun (a dilemma)
Macedonian
2 entries- недоумица noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- недоумица noun (a dilemma)
Māori
3 entries- harapukatanga noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- matawaenga noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- ngākau kōnatunatu noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Portuguese
3 entries- dilema noun (a dilemma)
- impasse noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- indecisão noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Russian
3 entries- затрудне́ние noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- затруднительное положе́ние noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- недоуме́ние noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nedoumica noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- nedoumica noun (a dilemma)
- недоумица noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- недоумица noun (a dilemma)
Spanish
3 entries- dilema noun (a dilemma)
- disyuntiva noun (a dilemma)
- indecisión noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Welsh
3 entries- cyfyng-gyngor noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- dryswch noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
- penbleth noun (a state of not knowing what to decide)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Tom was excited about the new job offer since he'd felt stagnant and unappreciated in his current position, but when he told his boss that he was thinking about leaving, his boss told him that a promotion and a pay raise were in the offing if he would stay, so it left Tom in a quandary about what to do.
Source: tatoeba (3020397)
Tom was in a quandary about who to vote for in the election.
Source: tatoeba (3150962)
Mary is in a bit of a quandary over whether to tell Tom or not.
Source: tatoeba (5078244)
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