predicament

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Definition

noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).

This was a nice predicament! — Rilla of Ingleside, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
LION'S SAD PREDICAMENT 330 LVIII. — Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation, Joel Chandler Harris
67 VII THE DETECTIVE'S PREDICAMENT. — A Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in Skirts, Nicholas (House name) Carter

quandary, plight

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