Related Words for plight

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WordSyllablesCategories
predicament
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Noun, Noun
quandary
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Noun, Noun
engage
x/
Noun, Verb
pledge
/
Verb, Noun
troth
/
Noun, Noun
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
travails
x/
Noun
injustices
x/xx
Noun
sympathy
/xx
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun
hardships
/x
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
horrors
/x
Noun
fate
/
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
unfairness
x/x
Noun
humanity
x/xx
Noun
woes
/
Noun
poverty
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Noun
helplessness
/xx
Noun
mistreatment
x/x
Noun
struggles
/x
Noun
distress
x/
Noun
realities
x/xx
Noun
tragedy
/xx
Noun
wretchedness
/xx
Noun
dilemma
x/x
Noun
oppressed
x/
Adjective
complexities
x/xx
Noun
ramifications
xxx/x
Noun
precariousness
x/xxx
Noun
pitiable
/xxx
Adjective
ailing
/x
Adjective
issues
/x
Noun
concerns
x/
Noun
indifference
x/xx
Noun
welfare
/x
Noun
bleakness
/x
Noun
disenfranchised
xx/x
Adjective
inhumanity
xx/xx
Noun
portrayal
x/x
Noun
pathos
/x
Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
troubles
/x
Noun
tale
/
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
afflicted
x/x
Verb
dangers
/x
Noun
agony
/xx
Noun
inadequacies
x/xxx
Noun
squalor
/x
Noun
impending
x/x
Adjective
cruelties
/x
Noun
fragility
x/xx
Noun
sympathizing
/xxx
Verb
hopelessness
/xx
Noun
misfortunes
x/x
Noun
inequities
x/xx
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
insensitivity
xxx/xx
Noun
powerlessness
/xxx
Noun
shortcomings
/xx
Noun
affliction
x/x
Noun
victims
/x
Noun
perils
/x
Noun
compassion
x/x
Noun
story
/x
Noun
overpopulation
xxxx/x
Noun
rescuing
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Verb
despairing
x/x
Noun
indignity
x/xx
Noun
importance
x/x
Noun
destitution
/xxx
Noun
pity
/x
Noun
atrocities
x/xx
Noun
refugees
/xx
Noun
desperation
xx/x
Noun
implications
xx/x
Noun
beleaguered
x/x
Adjective
enormity
x/xx
Noun
ordeal
x/
Noun
seriousness
/xxx
Noun
poor
/
Adjective
devastation
xx/x
Noun
starving
/x
Verb
unfortunates
x/xx
Noun
empathy
/xx
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
oppression
x/x
Noun
ailments
/x
Noun
intricacies
/xxx
Noun
turmoil
/x
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
consequences
/xxx
Noun
alienation
xxx/x
Noun
aftermath
/xx
Noun
homelessness
/xx
Noun
sympathetic
xx/x
Adjective
marginalization
xxxx/x
Noun
surroundings
x/x
Noun
foibles
/x
Noun
outrage
/x
Noun
unhappiness
x/xx
Noun
orphans
/x
Noun
worsening
/xx
Verb
urgency
/xx
Noun
mire
/
Noun
bind
/
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
plague
/
Noun
lament
x/
Noun
sore
/
Adjective
famine
/x
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
spot
/
Noun
grievance
/x
Noun
harm
/
Noun
harrowing
/xx
Noun
infamy
/xx
Noun
indigent
/xx
Noun
reproach
x/
Noun
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
displeasure
x/x
Noun
doom
/
Noun
extreme
x/
Adjective
forlorn hope
x//
Phrase, Noun
adversity
x/xx
Noun
batch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
box
/
Noun, Verb
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
challenges
/xx
Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
consignment
x/x
Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
covenant
/xx
Noun, Verb
crisis
/x
Noun
curse
/
Noun, Verb
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
destiny
/xx
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
disposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
disrepair
xx/
Noun, Verb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
drama
/x
Noun
emergency
x/xx
Noun
fortune
/x
Noun, Verb
grief
/
Noun, Verb
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
impasse
x/
Noun
infirmity
x/xx
Noun
location
x/x
Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
luck
/
Noun, Verb
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
malady
/xx
Noun
malaise
x/
Noun
menace
/x
Noun, Verb
mess
/
Noun, Verb
muddle
/x
Noun, Verb
need
/
Verb, Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
pain
/
Noun, Verb
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
quagmire
/xx
Noun, Verb
scourge
/
Noun, Verb
shipwreck
/x
Noun, Verb
slump
/
Noun, Verb
sort
/
Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
status
/x
Noun
straits
/
Noun
test
/
Noun, Verb
tidings
/x
Verb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
vouch
/
Verb, Noun
vow
/
Noun, Verb
whereabouts
/xx
Noun, Adverb
wreck
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective