predicament Definition
pre·dica·ment (prē dik′ə mənt, pri-)
predicament Synonyms
predicament
n.
predicament implies a complicated, perplexing situation from which it is difficult to disentangle oneself; dilemma implies a predicament necessitating a choice between equally disagreeable alternatives; quandary emphasizes a state of great perplexity and uncertainty as to what to do; plight implies a distressing or unfortunate situation; fix and pickle are both colloquial terms loosely interchangeable with any of the preceding, although more precisely fix is equivalent to predicament and pickle, to plight
predicament Usage Examples
Preposition: of
people: The play depicts an authoritarian regime which mirrors the predicament of the French people of the time.
Possessives
- character: The last word of the story is also the first word to suggest the circular pattern to the character's predicament.
- man: The spirit of protest is that of the existential analysis of man's actual predicament.
- family: I prefer to create a diagnostic formulation a summary of the family's predicament which includes psychosocial issues and relevant risk and resilience factors.
- protagonist: Could these suggestions connect him as an unseen influence in the protagonist's current predicament?
- enemy: I will not gloat over my enemies ' predicament before killing them.
Converse of object
- understand: I hope you can understand the predicament I was in.
- describe: And perhaps John Prescott might have sought a more precise metaphor to describe the predicaments of his Prime Minister.
- face: Neighboring nations with bases vital to the US effort would face a terrible predicament.
- see: So now you see the predicament of the woman in the story.
- solve: Perhaps your study will work in helping solve that predicament.
- address: Politically and socially, the internet, once fully developed and widely installed, could indeed offer Cameroonians many avenues to address current predicaments.
Adjective modifier
- dire: What else can he do in his dire predicament?
- terrible: With a reputation for charging in to help people in distress, Jo gets herself into some terrible predicaments.
- human: This is at the root of the human predicament.
- current: May Jesus find us a way through our current predicament.
- similar: Visits to the internet forum Cycling Plus revealed others in a similar predicament.
- present: Let us share a moment to reflect on our present predicament.
Modifies a noun
cannot: What the Auld Lichts would have done in a similar predicament I cannot even conjecture.
Browse dictionary entries near predicament
- ‹ predicable
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- ‹ predetermined
- ‹ predetermine
- ‹ predestine
- ‹ predestination
- ‹ predestinate
- ‹ predestinarian
- ‹ predesignate
- ‹ predecessor
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