Synonyms for predicament
prɪˈdɪk ə mənt for 1 ; ˈprɛd ɪ kə- for 2predica·ment

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1. predicament

   Synonyms:
   difficulty, try, ing position, state, condition, dilemma, situation

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1. 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, dilemma, plight, troth

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1. predicamentnoun

   Synonyms:
   situation (especially a bad situation), condition, state, position, posture, attitude, plight, case

2. predicamentnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] pass, pinch, push, extremity, exigency, emergency, conjuncture

3. predicamentnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Logic.) category, class

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1. List of paraphrases for "predicament":

   plight, dilemma, quagmire, hardship, impasse, situation

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1. Viktor Frankl:

   Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it-likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

2. Louis CKLouis C.K.:

   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.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   (C)(P) IN THE COMING YEARS I PREDICT THAT MEN WILL FACE A MUCH GREATER PREDICAMENT FROM THOSE WOMEN WHO ARE ALWAYS SMARTER TO USE THEIR -IPHONES- AND TRACK THEIR EVERY MOVE OF INFIDELITY. MOST MEN ARE JUST CLEVER, BUT NOT WISE!

4. Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org:

   The headline reads, "Docs say patients make them prescribe useless antibiotics." This puts a physician in roughly the same predicament as a serial killer. The latter says, "Stop me before I kill again, while the former says, "Stop me before I prescribe again."

5. Scott Croswell:

   What Judge Hunter wants to do is play by Judge Hunter own set of rules, that's the very attitude and the very conduct that put Judge Hunter in the predicament that Judge Hunter's in and, frankly, has caused all this pain to Judge Hunter and caused all this turmoil to the community.