Predicament

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predicament \Pre*dic"a*ment\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]dicament, L.
     praedicamentum. See {Predicate}.]
     1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence,
        condition; particular situation or state; especially, an
        unfortunate or trying position or condition. "O woeful
        sympathy; piteous predicament!" --Shak.


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     2. (Logic) See {Category}.
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     Syn: Category; condition; state; plight.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  predicament
       n : a situation from which extrication is difficult especially
           an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most
           awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless
           people" [syn: {quandary}, {plight}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  185 Moby Thesaurus words for "predicament":
     adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation,
     annoyance, baffle, bafflement, bearings, bewilderment, bind,
     blight, blood, bother, box, bracket, branch, breakers ahead,
     bummer, cardhouse, care, case, case of need, caste, category,
     cause for alarm, circumstance, clan, class, clutch, complication,
     condition, confoundment, confusion, corner, crisis, cross, crunch,
     curse, danger, dangerous ground, deep water, difficulties,
     difficulty, dilemma, dire necessity, discomposure, disconcert,
     disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disturbance,
     division, downer, embarrassing position, embarrassment, emergency,
     endangerment, enigma, estate, exigence, exigency,
     fine how-do-you-do, fix, footing, gaping chasm, gathering clouds,
     grade, group, grouping, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase,
     hardship, hazard, head, heading, hell to pay, hobble, hole, hot,
     hot water, house of cards, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, immediacy,
     impasse, imperative, imperativeness, imperilment, in a bind,
     irritation, jam, jeopardy, kin, label, level, location, lot,
     matter of necessity, menace, mess, mix, modality, mode, morass,
     mystery, nonplus, order, parlous straits, pass, peril, perplexity,
     perturbation, pickle, pigeonhole, pinch, place, plight, position,
     posture, pother, pressingness, pressure, pretty pass,
     pretty pickle, pretty predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement,
     quagmire, quandary, quicksand, race, rank, rating, riddle, rigor,
     risk, rocks ahead, rubric, scrape, sea of troubles, section, sept,
     set, situation, slough, spot, squeeze, standing, state, station,
     status, stew, sticky wicket, storm clouds, strain, strait, straits,
     stratum, stress, stress of life, subdivision, subgroup, suborder,
     swamp, thin ice, threat, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope,
     title, trial, tribulation, tricky spot, trouble, troubles,
     unassuredness, unholy mess, upset, urgency, urgent need,
     vale of tears, vicissitude
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PREDICAMENT, n.  The wage of consistency.