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an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of: She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament. I'm in a bit of a predicament because I've accidentally accepted two invitations to dinner on the same night. Synonyms. mess (PROBLEMS) plight. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you're engaged to get married but suddenly fall in love with someone else, you have gotten yourself into quite a predicament. A predicament is a difficult, confusing, and unpleasant situation. The Greek word that predicament originally descends from means "a state of being."
noun. pre· dic· a· ment pri-ˈdi-kə-mənt. sense 1 is usually ˈpre-di-kə- Synonyms of predicament. 1. : the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication. specifically : category sense 1. 2. : condition, state. especially : a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation. Synonyms. bind. box. catch-22. corner. dilemma. fix. hole.
Predicament definition: an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.. See examples of PREDICAMENT used in a sentence.
If you are in a predicament, you are in an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of. Hank explained our predicament. The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament. Synonyms: fix [informal], state, situation, spot [informal] More Synonyms of predicament. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
n. 1. an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation. 2. a class or category of logical or philosophical predication.
Definition of predicament noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
