Vocabulary
Predicament
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation
Urdu meaning
مشکوک، بری حالت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Can sheer willpower bring Mr Khan and his party out of their present predicament, though?
- Given this predicament, what is to be done?
- One wonders if the many citizens dispossessed by Bahria Town`s aggressively expansionist real estate projects have felt schadenfreude over its predicament.
- All this has compounded India`s regional predicament and domestic embarrassment, although the Modi government seems to be in no immediate danger.
- Consider their predicament one by one.
Synonyms
difficult situation, awkward situation, mess, difficulty
Antonyms
advantage, agreement, benefit, blessing
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