Dictionary Definition
predicament n : a situation from which
extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one;
"finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight
of homeless people" [syn: quandary, plight]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/, /pr\I"dIk@m@nt/
Noun
- An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, annoyance, baffle, bafflement, bearings, bewilderment, bind, blight, blood, bother, box, bracket, branch, breakers ahead, bummer, cardhouse, care, case, case of need, caste, category, cause for alarm,
circumstance,
clan, class, clutch, complication, condition, confoundment, confusion, corner, crisis, cross, crunch, curse, danger, dangerous ground, deep
water, difficulties, difficulty, dilemma, dire necessity,
discomposure,
disconcert, disconcertedness,
disconcertion,
disconcertment,
disturbance,
division, downer, embarrassing position,
embarrassment,
emergency, endangerment, enigma, estate, exigence, exigency, fine how-do-you-do,
fix, footing, gaping chasm, gathering
clouds, grade, group, grouping, hard knocks, hard
life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, hazard, head, heading, hell to pay, hobble, hole, hot, hot water, house of cards,
how-do-you-do, imbroglio, immediacy, impasse, imperative, imperativeness, imperilment, in a bind,
irritation, jam, jeopardy, kin, label, level, location, lot, matter of necessity, menace, mess, mix, modality, mode, morass, mystery, nonplus, order, parlous straits, pass, peril, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, pigeonhole, pinch, place, plight, position, posture, pother, pressingness, pressure, pretty pass, pretty
pickle, pretty predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quagmire, quandary, quicksand, race, rank, rating, riddle, rigor, risk, rocks ahead, rubric, scrape, sea of troubles, section, sept, set, situation, slough, spot, squeeze, standing, state, station, status, stew, sticky wicket, storm clouds,
strain, strait, straits, stratum, stress, stress of life, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, swamp, thin ice, threat, tight spot, tight
squeeze, tightrope,
title, trial, tribulation, tricky spot,
trouble, troubles, unassuredness, unholy
mess, upset, urgency, urgent need, vale of
tears, vicissitude