quandarynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈkwɒn.dri/us/ˈkwɑːn.dri/a state of not being able to decide what to do about a situation in which you are involved:
I've had two job offers, and I'm in a real quandary about/over which one to accept.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalent
- askance
- be in two minds idiom
- blow hot and cold idiom
- chary
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision
- indecisive
- jury
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle
- tentative
- the jury is (still) out idiom
- unclear
- wobble
- wobbly
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