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[ noun ] a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
Examples : "finds himself in a most awkward predicament" "the woeful plight of homeless people" Used in print (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)How , for_example , could a Voltaire understand the strange predicament in which a Rousseau would find himself when , soon after the furor of his first Discourse , he acquired still another title to fame ? Related terms |
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