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plural of plight
Synonyms & Antonyms of plights
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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
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for plights
- aggravations,
- aggros
- [British],
- annoyances,
- botherations,
- bothers,
- bugbears,
- exasperations,
- frustrations,
- hair shirts,
- hassles,
- headaches,
- inconveniences,
- irks,
- irritants,
- nuisances,
- peeves,
- pests,
- rubs,
- ruffles,
- thorns,
- trials,
- vexations
- afflictions,
- albatross
- (or albatrosses),
- burdens,
- crosses,
- curses,
- menaces,
- millstones,
- plagues,
- sores
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for plights
plights
verbpresent tense third-person singular of plight
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