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noun plʌɪtplaɪt A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation. we must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty Example sentencesExamples - What he found shocked him but also made him more determined than ever to alert others to the plight of those living without clean water and sanitation.
- They wept over the plight of the unfortunate individual and his difficult life of travail.
- The international community should make the situation better by responding rapidly to the plight of the victims of the civil war in the Congo.
- This being the situation in the capital, one can well imagine the plight in other parts of the state.
- They will be judged on their individual plight and circumstances as every refugee is.
- We've closed our eyes to the plight of those living in totalitarian or theocratic oppression.
- One cannot blame her for feeling this way at all, given her difficult plight.
- Never mind the irony of the situation - the plight of those we went to help along the coast, just a few kilometres south.
- In order to prove a point about the alienation of the intellectual, I would like to examine the plights of two women in tricky situations.
- You know a play is in trouble when the plight of a stalked woman elicits neither sympathy nor concern.
- However, it is difficult not to feel some sympathy towards the plight of university principals.
- It is the decency of ordinary Americans that has made all the difference to the plight of the unfortunate ones.
- The Monarchy did not at once learn its lesson, and little was done to relieve the plight of the peasantry.
- A lot is made of her intelligence, which has the unfortunate effect of implying that her plight would somehow be less painful if she were stupid.
- Unfortunately Evan's conclusion distracts us from the plight of refugees.
- But as the first help trickled in on Sunday, it was the plight of the living that seemed the most desperate.
- They do this in order to reflect on God and on the plight of the unfortunate who do not have enough food.
- Her plight was exceptionally difficult since she had lost her company commander also.
- I am fully sympathetic with their plight and the difficult conditions under which they often have to survive.
- Katy has cerebral palsy, kidney problems and learning difficulties but Mr Hulme is not swayed by her plight.
Synonyms difficult situation, awkward situation, mess, difficulty, problematic situation, issue, quandary, trouble, muddle, mare's nest, crisis predicament, difficult situation, unfortunate situation, sorry condition, sad state, trouble, difficulty, mess, dire straits, extremity, bind
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit 'fold'. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight2. In the traditional marriage ceremony the bride and groom each say ‘I plight thee my troth’, meaning ‘I pledge my word’. Plight means ‘to promise solemnly’, and pledge (Middle English) is probably a distant relative. Troth is an old variant of truth, meaning ‘giving your word’ and still preserved in betroth (Middle English). The other meaning of plight, ‘a predicament’, is from Old French plit ‘fold’, suggesting the idea of a difficult or complicated situation. Other words from plit include Middle English pliant (Late Middle English) literally ‘foldable’; and pliable (Late Middle English); pliers (mid 16th century) tools for bending things; and ply (Late Middle English) in the sense of ‘thickness’ as in plywood (early 20th century). (The other ply as in ply with drink, is simply a shortening of apply, see appliance). Pleat and plait (Middle English) are further relatives. Compliant (mid 17th century) looks as if it should be a relative, but its immediate source, to comply (early 17th century), originally came from Latin complere ‘to fulfil, accomplish’, although compliant later developed senses influenced by its similarity to pliant.
Rhymes affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write verb plʌɪtplaɪt [with object]archaic 1Pledge or solemnly promise (one's faith or loyalty) men to plighted vows were faithful Example sentencesExamples - Under the apple boughs, there did I take you when our troth was plighted, there gave my hand and vows, and there you were requited, where once your mother was abased and slighted.
- Betrothal vows were often as binding as wedding vows, and ‘plighting the troth’ was often an excuse to consummate the marriage ahead of the actual ceremony.
- She laughs aloud turning finally once more to her plighted cousin.
- When she reaches the subject of current events, however, she seems to me to verge on the fantasy to which policy now appears plighted, and which events seem unable to dislodge.
- As the car made its way to that exact place - home - she felt as though she was plighting with something that should have just been left alone.
- It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778.
- In benign triumph the Cardinal draws Raphael by the wrist towards his niece for the contractual plighting of hands but she, noticing Raphael's distaste, is slow to unfold her arms.
- By ‘ulterior plighting’ I mean ulterior trothing with death.
- 1.1be plighted to Be engaged to be married to.
Example sentencesExamples - Leye. having been plighted to Konnon, is joined to him in spirit after her death.
- The hero tells the heroine that he has nothing to give her, and is plighted to another woman.
Origin Old English plihtan 'endanger', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht 'duty'. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words. nounplaɪtplīt A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation. we must direct our efforts toward relieving the plight of children living in poverty Example sentencesExamples - Katy has cerebral palsy, kidney problems and learning difficulties but Mr Hulme is not swayed by her plight.
- You know a play is in trouble when the plight of a stalked woman elicits neither sympathy nor concern.
- The international community should make the situation better by responding rapidly to the plight of the victims of the civil war in the Congo.
- We've closed our eyes to the plight of those living in totalitarian or theocratic oppression.
- Her plight was exceptionally difficult since she had lost her company commander also.
- The Monarchy did not at once learn its lesson, and little was done to relieve the plight of the peasantry.
- A lot is made of her intelligence, which has the unfortunate effect of implying that her plight would somehow be less painful if she were stupid.
- Never mind the irony of the situation - the plight of those we went to help along the coast, just a few kilometres south.
- However, it is difficult not to feel some sympathy towards the plight of university principals.
- In order to prove a point about the alienation of the intellectual, I would like to examine the plights of two women in tricky situations.
- This being the situation in the capital, one can well imagine the plight in other parts of the state.
- They will be judged on their individual plight and circumstances as every refugee is.
- I am fully sympathetic with their plight and the difficult conditions under which they often have to survive.
- One cannot blame her for feeling this way at all, given her difficult plight.
- They do this in order to reflect on God and on the plight of the unfortunate who do not have enough food.
- What he found shocked him but also made him more determined than ever to alert others to the plight of those living without clean water and sanitation.
- Unfortunately Evan's conclusion distracts us from the plight of refugees.
- It is the decency of ordinary Americans that has made all the difference to the plight of the unfortunate ones.
- But as the first help trickled in on Sunday, it was the plight of the living that seemed the most desperate.
- They wept over the plight of the unfortunate individual and his difficult life of travail.
Synonyms difficult situation, awkward situation, mess, difficulty, problematic situation, issue, quandary, trouble, muddle, mare's nest, crisis predicament, difficult situation, unfortunate situation, sorry condition, sad state, trouble, difficulty, mess, dire straits, extremity, bind
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit ‘fold’. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight. verbplaɪtplīt [with object]archaic 1Pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty) men to plighted vows were faithful Example sentencesExamples - It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778.
- She laughs aloud turning finally once more to her plighted cousin.
- In benign triumph the Cardinal draws Raphael by the wrist towards his niece for the contractual plighting of hands but she, noticing Raphael's distaste, is slow to unfold her arms.
- Betrothal vows were often as binding as wedding vows, and ‘plighting the troth’ was often an excuse to consummate the marriage ahead of the actual ceremony.
- By ‘ulterior plighting’ I mean ulterior trothing with death.
- As the car made its way to that exact place - home - she felt as though she was plighting with something that should have just been left alone.
- Under the apple boughs, there did I take you when our troth was plighted, there gave my hand and vows, and there you were requited, where once your mother was abased and slighted.
- When she reaches the subject of current events, however, she seems to me to verge on the fantasy to which policy now appears plighted, and which events seem unable to dislodge.
- 1.1be plighted to Be engaged to be married to.
Example sentencesExamples - Leye. having been plighted to Konnon, is joined to him in spirit after her death.
- The hero tells the heroine that he has nothing to give her, and is plighted to another woman.
Origin Old English plihtan ‘endanger’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty’. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words. |