Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "plight" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

plighter plightful plightless plightly plighty replight trothplight unplight

Etymologically Related To

pledge

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

assurance assure difficultness difficulty pledge promise vow

Type Of (IsA)

assurance dilemma

Related Terms

blame charge condition crime culpability danger dire duty fault fold gage garment health marriage network office peril plait pledge pledged plighted promise responsibility risk security sin state wrong doing

Synonym Network

betroth pledge predicament

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.