Associations to the word «Plight»
Noun
- Truth
- Marriage
- Aids
- Consent
- Wretch
- Wrath
- Holocaust
- Wife
- Campaigning
- Wish
- Platter
- Amnesty
- Million
- Compassion
- Distress
- Genocide
- Deceit
- Activist
- Apartheid
- Glory
- Pulitzer
- Clay
- Publicity
- Documentary
- Miner
- Minority
- Comrade
- Dweller
- Gandhi
- Rescue
- Palestine
- Legislature
- Lady
- Emigrant
- Intellectual
- Struggle
- Wilt
- Daughter
- Friendship
- Lord
- Seriousness
- Elder
- Knight
- Mine
- Frustration
- Ring
- Cousin
- Harassment
- Negroes
- Grief
- Behalf
- Devise
- Discrimination
- Villager
- Helium
- Hand
- Sorrow
- Slave
- Dilemma
- Lange
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PLIGHT, noun. A dire or unfortunate situation. [from 14th c.]
PLIGHT, noun. (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state. [from 14th c.]
PLIGHT, noun. (obsolete) Good health. [14th-19th c.]
PLIGHT, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
PLIGHT, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
PLIGHT, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
PLIGHT, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
PLIGHT, noun. (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
PLIGHT, verb. (transitive) (now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
PLIGHT, verb. (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
PLIGHT, verb. (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
PLIGHT, verb. (obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
PLIGHT, noun. (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Dictionary definition
PLIGHT, 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".
PLIGHT, noun. A solemn pledge of fidelity.
PLIGHT, verb. Give to in marriage.
PLIGHT, verb. Promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife".
Wise words
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.