predicament
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A predicament is a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation from which escape is not obvious: How did you get yourself into this predicament?
The word suggests being stuck or trapped by circumstances rather than facing immediate danger.
The company's financial predicament worsened after the scandal.
Difficult, dangerous situation
hole · corner · box · spot · mess · scrape · tight spot · hot water
Perplexing problem or question
- catch-22Paradoxical no-win situation
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- choiceAct of selecting
decision · impasse · deadlock · stalemate · standoff · gridlock · puzzle · conflict
Serious sudden danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- perilSerious threat of harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
calamity · catastrophe · danger · hazard · risk · turmoil · ordeal · tribulation
Openness to multiple interpretations
- doubtLack of firm belief
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- bewildermentState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
puzzlement · perplexity · vagueness · murky waters · fog · limbo · gray area
plight
Difficult, dangerous situation
bind · hole · corner · box · spot · mess · scrape · tight spot · hot water · quagmire
conundrum
Perplexing problem or question
- catch-22Paradoxical no-win situation
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
choice · decision · impasse · deadlock · stalemate · standoff · gridlock · puzzle · conflict · indecision
emergency
Serious sudden danger
distress · calamity · catastrophe · danger · hazard · risk · turmoil · ordeal · tribulation · meltdown
ambiguity
Openness to multiple interpretations
- doubtLack of firm belief
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- bewildermentState of being baffled
bafflement · puzzlement · perplexity · vagueness · murky waters · fog · limbo · gray area
- adversitystruggle, hardship, challenge, obstacle, difficulty
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
- predicamentsdilemma, bind, pickle, pinch, plight
- problemsproblem, issue, difficulty, complication, trouble
- situationssituation, circumstance, condition, state, dilemma
predicamentsolution
Answer or liquid mixture
ease · comfort · freedom · smooth sailing · resolution
predicamentblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
luck · stroke of luck · boon · windfall · good fortune