PLIGHT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

plight 1 of 2

noun

Definition of plight

as in predicament

a very bad or difficult situation

—usually singular The recent cut in funding will only contribute to the hospital's financial plight. the plight of the unemployed

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2 of 2

verb

as in to promise

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Noun

The plight of his followers began to emerge in mid-March 2023, when a local man told police that his brother and wife had starved their children to death in the forest on Mackenzie's orders. — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 For him, the trick with the stomach being the setting for a majority of the movie was balancing the claustrophobic feeling of Jay’s plight with breaks from the cramped space. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 But in Season 4, the balance is off, and the fictional president’s parallels to our real-life war-starting, ally-betraying POTUS only make the former’s plight feel that much more trivial. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 Starting with Mandela’s presidency, South Africa’s government has openly compared the situation faced by nonwhite people during apartheid to the Palestinians’ plight. — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plight

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plight

Noun

News of the rescue has gotten hundreds of reactions on social media, with many noting the dog’s predicament was heartbreaking.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Through one dangerous predicament after another, his stunt work reveals a performer who seems entirely comfortable in his own skin.

— Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of predicament

Verb

The government also promised 15,000 additional places in higher education, introduced across the next two years, and increases in student grants linked to inflation from the start of the next academic year.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Lula has promised expensive measures that appeal to his grassroots base.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of promise

Noun

Research has also found that across generational groups, greater user tendency to engage in social comparison, together with greater maladaptive ways of coping with emotions, is associated with more symptoms of anger, anxiety, and depression.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
The market for profiting off male body anxiety is nothing new.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxiety

Verb

The attack sparked outrage in Israel, with Netanyahu traveling to the attack site and vowing to respond forcefully.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
McElroy, who learned of the approval while vacationing in Italy, vowed to keep fighting and said the community had grown as new residents moved in.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of vow

Noun

With some luck, the PHP bugs will create more inconvenience than economic and human damage.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The new version preserves the familiar low-profile design, complete with a 57-key mechanical keyboard and working cartridge slot, but replaces the inconvenience of connecting old hardware to modern displays with an HDMI output.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inconvenience

Verb

And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
How To Say No Without Damaging Relationships Leaders who never build the time management skill of triage put their most important priorities at risk, mortgaging that work in more ways than one.

— Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of mortgage

Noun

Supporters say there are sufficient protections to prevent the county from experiencing the financial tribulations that Vallejo suffered in part because of binding arbitration.

— Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Based on the graphic novel by Anthony Bourdain, Get Jiro is a new Adult Swim series that follows the tribulations of a sushi chef in near-future Los Angeles.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

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