Associations to the word «Plight»
Noun
- Sensitivity
- Fortune
- Aristocrat
- Aid
- Fame
- Depiction
- Prostitute
- American
- Fiji
- Maryland
- Odysseus
- Prisoner
- Despair
- Reformer
- Bringing
- Dorothea
- Prostitution
- Urgency
- Depression
- Calamity
- Percival
- Captive
- Till
- Aboriginal
- Opinion
- Rank
- Bar
- Civilian
- Focus
- Manner
- Vietnamese
- Praying
- Sarawak
- Tenant
- Exodus
- Honor
- Assistance
- Duty
- Cloud
- Ease
- Exile
- God
- Protest
- Inmate
- Woe
- Throne
- Creature
- Liberty
- Nay
- Soviet
- Welfare
- Expose
- Trust
- Empire
- Loneliness
- Violence
- Survivor
- Catastrophe
- Ceremony
Adjective
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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.