plight
a serious difficulty, a dilemma
TRANSLATION
die Bedrängnis, die Misere, die Notlage
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"RAWA wants to publicise the PLIGHT of Afghan women - A group of Afghan feminists have turned to the internet to draw attention to human rights abuses committed against women under Taliban rule."
(BBC News - 23rd March 2001)
(BBC News - 23rd March 2001)
Did you
know?
plight
A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one.
From the Middle English plighten, from Old English plihtan, to endanger, put at risk, from pliht, danger, risk
Synonyms
bad news, bind, catch 22, clutch, condition, corner, crisis, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, drag, emergency, exigency, fix, hang-up, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam, juncture, large order, lot, mess, muddle, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, rough go, scrape, soup, spot, state, strait, tall order, ticklish spot, tight situation, trouble, vicissitude
A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one.
From the Middle English plighten, from Old English plihtan, to endanger, put at risk, from pliht, danger, risk
Synonyms
bad news, bind, catch 22, clutch, condition, corner, crisis, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, drag, emergency, exigency, fix, hang-up, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam, juncture, large order, lot, mess, muddle, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, rough go, scrape, soup, spot, state, strait, tall order, ticklish spot, tight situation, trouble, vicissitude
