Thesaurus results for PREDICAMENT

predicament

noun

pri-ˈdi-kə-mənt

as in dilemma

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape if you had told the truth in the first place, we wouldn't be in this predicament

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Recent Examples of predicament Journeys that used to take entire seasons were being covered in single episodes, characters survived predicaments that once meant surefire death, and previously relevant factors like supplies, infrastructure, and alliances no longer mattered. —

Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026 Still, there is always some relief in knowing that our predicament is not unprecedented. —

Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Miley Cyrus and Emily Osment are in this curious predicament, as the two actresses played BFFs growing up in the Disney hit Hannah Montana. —

Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2026 Structural questions hang over Row K’s predicament, too. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for predicament

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Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.

— Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
For the present, we’re saddled with the unwieldy dilemma of there being eight major Democratic candidates and just two Republicans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026