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Synonyms for predicament
prɪˈdɪk ə mənt for 1 ; ˈprɛd ɪ kə- for 2predica·ment
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predicament
Synonyms:
difficulty, try, ing position, state, condition, dilemma, situation
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#111 | state | |
#684 | try | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1902 | situation | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#13532 | dilemma | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#22266 | plight | |
#38996 | predicament | |
#41226 | impasse | |
#44185 | quagmire | |
#58056 | quandary | |
#113321 | troth |
How to use predicament in a sentence?
These stories are true. At the time, I said to Louis CKLouis C.K. that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first, which is also true, but what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your dick isn't a question. It's a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.
I don't have a good answer for how we're going to balance it. It is a predicament.
E. J. Smith, 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic:
When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident... or any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort.
If the Palestinian Authority ceases, or were to cease security cooperation, or even decide to disband as a result of their economic predicament, and that could happen in the future if they don't receive additional revenues, then we would be faced by yet another crisis, we are working hard to prevent that from happening and that is why we have been reaching out to key stakeholders to express these concerns and also to try to work together to find a solution to this challenge.
If he had divested, we wouldn't be in this predicament, but even without divesting, he could put the public first and ensure that government officials minimize their spending at his properties... but he hasn't done that.
Translations for predicament
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- مأزقArabic
- Lage, Kategorie, ZwangslageGerman
- PredicamentoSpanish
- situation délicate, situation difficileFrench
- स्थितिHindi
- kategória, kutyaszorító, szorult helyzet, baj, kellemetlenségHungarian
- situazione difficileItalian
- 窮地Japanese
- 상태Korean
- pōraruraruMāori
- klasseDutch
- затруднение, затруднительное положение, категорияRussian
- obehaglig situation, predikamentSwedish
- இக்கட்டானTamil
- بدبختیUrdu
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