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   Plight

   /plīt/

   

   verb

   • 1. pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty): archaic "men to plighted vows were faithful"
   • ▪ be engaged to be married to. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishplihtan ‘endanger’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty’. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words.

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   Synonyms for PLIGHT: predicament, anxiety, inconvenience, tribulation, exasperation, frustration, thorn, irritant; Antonyms of PLIGHT: pleasure, joy, delight, renege.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of plight in English. plight. noun. These are words and phrases related to plight. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of plight. The plight of the people in the drought-stricken area has not improved. Synonyms. condition. situation. circumstance. state. poor condition.

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   n. # catastrophe. distress. n. # suffering. Another way to say Plight? Synonyms for Plight (other words and phrases for Plight).

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   Synonyms for PLIGHT in English: difficulty, condition, state, situation, trouble, circumstances, dilemma, straits, predicament, extremity, …

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   If you get engaged, you give a plight of your love. Definitions of plight. noun. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. “the woeful plight of homeless people”. synonyms: morass, predicament, quagmire, quandary. see more.

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    Synonyms for PLIGHT: box, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble; Antonyms for PLIGHT: good-fortune, boon, blessing.

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    plight. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Noun: difficult situation. Synonyms: dilemma, situation, predicament, struggle, tight situation, difficult situation, difficulty, troubles, suffering, distress, circumstances, trial, tribulation, trials and tribulations, ordeal, impasse, hole, extremity, danger, peril, quandary, stew ...