plight

Meaning

Noun

1. A dire or unfortunate situation.
2. A (neutral) condition or state.
3. (obsolete) Good health.

Verb

1. To expose to risk; to pledge.
2. Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
3. To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.

Verb

To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Synonyms

predicament

condition

state

pledge

quandary

promise

engage

fix

troth

situation

betroth

distress

circumstance

betrothal

affiance

engagement

panel

strait

appearance

assure

pickle

guarantee

difficulty

warrant

misfortune

insure

irritation

jeopardy

list

lot

lurch

misery

nature

need

neediness

oath

obligation

peril

perplexity

persuade

pinch

position

protest

puzzle

reassure

risk

sell

shackle

stakes

statement

status

straits

sweepstake

tether

tie down

trammel

trouble

underwrite

urgency

vouch

vow

wainscoting

wainscotting

a mess

bad condition

dire straits

it sucks

love

❤️

affection situation

affliction

assert

asseverate

aver

avouch

bind

case

certify

circumstances

convince

danger

❗

difficulties

emergency

enchain

ensure

fetter

fettle

gyve

hardship

hardships

hazard

hot water

impasse

impawn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk") and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)).