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Synonyms for plight
plaɪtplight
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
plightnoun
Synonyms:
situation, condition, predicament, difficulty, dilemmaplightverb
Princeton's WordNet
predicament, quandary, plightnoun
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"
Synonyms:
quandary, predicament, dilemma, trothplight, trothverb
a solemn pledge of fidelity
Synonyms:
quandary, betrothal, predicament, engagement, trothbetroth, engage, affiance, plightverb
give to in marriage
Synonyms:
rent, prosecute, occupy, engross, charter, mesh, pledge, operate, employ, absorb, engage, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, enlistpledge, plightverb
promise solemnly and formally
"I pledge that I will honor my wife"
Synonyms:
betroth, engage, wassail, drink, salute, affiance, pledge, subscribe, toast
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
plightverb
Synonyms:
pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as securityplightnoun
plightnoun
Synonyms:
condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#246 | take | |
#867 | subscribe | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1637 | rent | |
#1902 | situation | |
#2197 | hire | |
#2724 | drink | |
#3241 | mesh | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3789 | charter | |
#3943 | operate | |
#4128 | lease | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5323 | wage | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6986 | spell | |
#7546 | pursue | |
#7888 | fate | |
#8886 | pledge | |
#9099 | employ | |
#12669 | distress | |
#13157 | toast | |
#13532 | dilemma | |
#15487 | misery | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#15899 | occupy | |
#18518 | salute | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#22266 | plight | |
#24560 | vow | |
#24818 | prosecute | |
#29653 | ordeal | |
#32537 | enlist | |
#38996 | predicament | |
#58056 | quandary | |
#113321 | troth | |
#117013 | betrothal | |
#133273 | wassail | |
#233923 | engross | |
#319633 | betroth |
How to use plight in a sentence?
Here I am, staying in a fancy hotel, going out to dinner with my friends, hanging out, and we're doing our best to disseminate some information, but I'm on one end of the spectrum, and this is all new to me, i've done a lot of environmental work back home related to climate change. I've tried to be as big of a rock in (their) shoe as I can to the oil industry and the nuclear industry. I'm heavy-heavy coming down on extractive industries in the United States and abroad. But the plight of indigenous people -- which is why we're here -- I hadn't thought about this until now. I had no idea who Diana Rios was or who her father was -- and the guy was killed by hit men for illegal logging obligations.
Photographs really helped highlight the plight (of Rohingya refugees), as a photojournalist you need to capture everything in one frame ... In that picture you can see the plume of smoke, the boat, the refugees ... All the elements were there to tell the story.
What the Courier is doing is letting everyone know what the plight of African-Americans is. in many instances we've been in the vanguard of creating change, because we do challenge the community from within.
He hoped his people would be helped and they could return to the jungle. He spoke at the Constitutional Court about the Nukak's plight. But nothing happened, others like him feel impotent, powerless to solve the problems their people face, and have taken their own life.
The implementation of a three-pronged financial intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari to assuage workers plight and support the states is now in progress.
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