Plight

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one. See Synonyms at predicament.
  • v. To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth.
  • v. To give or pledge (one's word or oath, for example).
  • n. A solemn pledge, as of faith.
  • idiom. plight (one's) troth To become engaged to marry.
  • idiom. plight (one's) troth To give one's solemn oath.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
  • n. An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
  • n. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  • v. To expose to risk; to pledge.
  • v. Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
  • v. To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
  • v. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
  • n. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of plight, to pledge.
  • imp. & p. p. of pluck.
  • v. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
  • n. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
  • n. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  • n. Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied.
  • v. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
  • v. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Peril; danger; harm; damage.
  • n. A solemn promise or engagement concerning a matter of serious personal moment; solemn assurance or pledge.
  • To engage by solemn promise; pledge; engage or bind one's self by pledging: as, to plight one's hand, word, honor, faith, truth, vows, etc.
  • Synonyms Pledge, Plight. Pledge is applied to property as well as to word, faith, truth, honor, etc. Plight is now chiefly poetic or rhetorical; to plight honor is, as it were, to deposit it in pledge for the performance of an act—not often for the truth of a statement—to be forfeited if the act is not performed.
  • n. Condition; position; state; situation; predicament.
  • n. In particular— A bad condition or state; a distressed or distressing condition or predicament; misfortune.
  • n. A good condition or state.
  • To weave; plait; fold. See plait.
  • To combine or put together in one's mind.
  • n. A fold; a plait.
  • n. An obsolete preterit and past participle of pluck.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. promise solemnly and formally
  • n. a solemn pledge of fidelity
  • v. give to in marriage
  • n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
  • Verb Form
    plighted    plighting    plights   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assurance    pledge    vow   
    Cross Reference
    in plight   
    Variant
    pluck   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    weave    braid    fold    plait    network    security    gage    pledge    condition    state   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    predicament    tidings    mien    catastrophe    strait    perplexity    fate    calamity    blunder    misunderstanding