plight
[noun]
Synonyms: difficulty, condition, jam (informal), predicament, scrape (informal), situation, spot (informal), state, trouble

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Related Idioms: plight one's honor
Related Words: quandary

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I. plight¹ /plaɪt/ noun [usually singular]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: plit, from Latin plictus; ⇒ plait]
a very bad situation that someone is in
plight of
the desperate plight of the flood victims
the country’s economic plight

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II. plight² verb
plight your troth old use to promise someone that you will marry them

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plight
noun
ADJ. desperate, sad, sorry, tragic the desperate plight of flood victims
economic, financial
VERB + PLIGHT recognize, see | draw attention to, highlight, publicize He has been sleeping rough in the streets to highlight the plight of the homeless.
alleviate, ease | ignore

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