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Definition of Predicament
1. Noun. A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. "The woeful plight of homeless people"
Specialized synonyms: Care, Box, Corner, Hot Water
Generic synonyms: Difficulty
Definition of Predicament
1. n. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.
Definition of Predicament
1. Noun. A definite class, state or condition. ¹
2. Noun. An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot. ¹
3. Noun. (logic) That which is predicated; a category. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predicament
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predicament
Literary usage of Predicament
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt (1912)
"The fallacy of argument from the ego-centric predicament. — The 'ego-centric
predicament' consists in the impossibility of finding anything that is not ..."
2. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt, Walter Taylor Marvin, William Pepperell Montague, Ralph Barton Perry, Walter B. Pitkin, Edward Gleason Spaulding (1912)
"The fallacy of argument from the ego-centric predicament. r^The 'ego-centric
predicament' consists in the impossibility of finding anything that is not ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"33 ernment, in the predicament of Drury Lane Theatre when the committee of ...
The monopolists are now in the pleasing predicament of the folks in the cave ..."
4. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"... and forthwith put my cold hands into my empty pockets and began an inoffensive
A predicament. -> jig to warm my feet and stir up some latent courage—but ..."
5. Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836: Including a by Charles Augustus Murray (1839)
"I NOW found myself in a very unpleasant predicament. My life, indeed, was not in
much danger, because I might, probably, have been permitted to accompany ..."
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