Synonyms of plights

plights 1 of 2

noun

plural of plight

as in anxieties

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

Related Words

• anxieties
• predicaments
• tribulations
• inconveniences
• frustrations
• exasperations
• irritants
• troubles
• nuisances
• discomforts
• headaches
• thorns
• affronts
• vexations
• hair shirts
• worries
• aggravations
• insults
• irks
• pests
• rubs
• peeves
• annoyances
• pinpricks
• bugbears
• problems
• ruffles
• trials
• menaces
• hassles
• upsets
• plagues
• burdens
• botherations
• fleabites
• offenses
• bothers
• afflictions
• aggros
• millstones
• offenders
• albatross
• curses
• sores
• mischiefs
• pet peeves
• crosses
• harassers
• hang-ups
• annoyers
• disturbers
• pandora's boxes

Dissimilar Words

• pleasures
• joys
• delights

plights

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of plight

as in promises

Related Words

• promises
• mortgages
• vows
• affiances
• betroths
• pledges
• troths
• swears
• commits
• engages
• contracts
• enlists
• signs on
• signs up
• enrolls
• overcommits

Dissimilar Words

• reneges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plights

Noun

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 movie, which will premiere June 10 at the fest, dramatizes the plights of Iranian civilians weeks before the United States and Israel invaded the country this year. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026

At great personal risk, Hadi connected me with dissidents, political prisoners, and their relatives, who all described their plights as the regime’s repressive campaign escalated in the weeks leading up to the war. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026

Given the tyrannical inferno that engulfed these precariously united states, my personal plights were mere embers, ashes, in the grand scheme of things. — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

Then again, that slightly generic quality never impinges on the film’s characterizations, and allows viewers to extrapolate the finer points of this story to the plights of so many other refugees, from Syria and elsewhere. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026

The particular bodily plights of the thirty-something jock don’t stem simply from the inherent risk imbued in competitive sports. — Grace Perry, Outside, 1 Jan. 2026

Our reviewer was captivated by the evocative writing and moved by the characters’ plights. — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025