Associations to the word «Predicament»

Wiktionary

PREDICAMENT, noun. A definite class, state or condition.
PREDICAMENT, noun. An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.
PREDICAMENT, noun. (logic) That which is predicated; a category.

Dictionary definition

PREDICAMENT, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne