| quandary | | |
| n. (state) | 1. plight, predicament, quandary | 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" |
| ~ care | a cause for feeling concern.; "his major care was the illness of his wife" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
| ~ box, corner | a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.; "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
| ~ hot water | a dangerous or distressing predicament.; "his views on race got him into political hot water" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. dilemma, quandary | state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. |
| ~ perplexity | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity. |
| ~ double bind | (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful. |
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