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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verb

as in to promise

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Noun

On March 8, Tabitha Lowe went on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram with photos of her son and descriptions of his plight. — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 The rapper has long advocated for the plight of Palestinians. — James Pollard, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Over lunch at the Santa Clara Hilton — a short drive from 49ers headquarters — Edwards shared about the plights of outspoken athletes such as Wilma Rudolph, Jesse Owens, Rose Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Tommie Smith, John Carlos and more. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The farm’s plight is one piece of a much larger recovery effort across Kauai, where Lowell knocked out power to roughly 80% of the island. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plight

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plight

Noun

On the other end, Heckman wrestled with the moral predicament of giving airtime to a potential murderer while hoping to keep Hall alive.

— Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of predicament

Verb

OpenAI unveiled a personal AI agent at its annual developer conference on Tuesday, joining a growing number of companies promising to make consumers' lives easier with virtual assistants.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
These manufacturers have promised to beef up their domestic production, as well as provide their medicines at lower prices to Medicaid and TrumpRx, the administration’s direct-to-consumer clearinghouse.

— Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of promise

Verb

Katherine García, director of the Sierra Club's Clean Transportation for All campaign, vowed the environmental group would fight the rule.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit, which was filed by Parton’s longtime manager Danny Nozell, accused Seaver of threatening violence and vowing to destroy the music icon’s legacy.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of vow

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

Like Anders, Douglas was eager not only to find a dramatic shape for her own personal romantic tribulations, but to tell the story of the explosion of creativity that took place in the Brill Building.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
In the visual, Swift and Johnson mirror one another as Johnson struggles through tribulations with Farrell, including a mysterious poisoning.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

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