PLIGHT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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Her plight highlights how China's pressure against the church and those affiliated with it continues, despite Jin's release. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 But their plight is not caused by a lack of money but by habitual overspending in response to political pressure from school unions. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2026 Getty Images The plight of the A’s in Oakland and the Rays in Tampa Bay has been a Major League Baseball dilemma for decades, spanning the careers of the last two commissioners, Rob Manfred and Bud Selig. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Critics say their plight reflected the city’s broader crackdown on dissent that began after Beijing imposed a separate 2020 security law. — Kanis Leung, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plight

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plight

Noun

On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
For Tinubu and his chief adversaries Atiku and Obi, then, Nigeria’s security predicament will require more than election season sloganeering.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of predicament

Verb

Its showrunner Katie Dippold won for writing, promising that from here on out no one could step into her home without seeing her Emmys award.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
These might still be in their infancy but promise a brand new tomorrow that will be drastically different from the present.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of promise

Verb

Environmental and public health groups called the rollbacks dangerous and vowed to challenge the rules in court.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Trump, who has been granted sweeping legal immunity by the Supreme Court, has vowed to issue pardons for members of his team who face investigation.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of vow

Noun

Princess vacations offer supreme ease of travel, eliminating the inconvenience of changing hotels and navigating transportation between cities.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026
Its practice of permitting construction projects at the same time in adjoining areas, causing the most inconvenience to vehicular traffic, wins the award for most perversity.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 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

New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
Irene can do the hard things and get through whatever tribulations get thrown her way.

— Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

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