Antonyms for predicament
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pri-dik-uh-muh nt for 1, 3; pred-i-kuh-muh nt for 2 |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈdɪk ə mənt for 1, 3; ˈprɛd ɪ kə mənt for 2 |
Definition of predicament
Origin :- early 15c., "category, class; one of Aristotle's 10 categories," from Medieval Latin predicamentum, from Late Latin praedicamentum "quality, category, something predicted, that which is asserted," from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare (see predicate). Praedicamentum is a loan-translation of Greek kategoria, Aristotle's word. The meaning "unpleasant situation" is first recorded 1580s.
- noun difficult situation
- He hoped to distract her from such grief over her predicament.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Soon she was to learn of Tillie's predicament, and to take up the cudgels valiantly for her.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- In this predicament the company turned to the Iowa legislature for protection.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- No one who was not a good sport could have grinned as Rawson did at his own predicament.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- No, never; the witness had never been in such a predicament.
- Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
- It is not likely that he knew anything about what a predicament he had left Custer in.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- It did not occur to her to reason that this predicament was wholly his fault.
- Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Very quickly Bob explained their predicament, and she listened silently.
- Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
- The Sheriff joined the procession, pausing only once to inquire into Sol's predicament.
- Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar
- The discovery seemed only to emphasize the helplessness of his predicament.
- Extract from : « The Great Dome on Mercury » by Arthur Leo Zagat
Synonyms for predicament
- asperity
- bad news
- bind
- Catch-22
- circumstance
- 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
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