PREDICAMENT

: a difficult or unpleasant situation

Full Definition

1 : the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication; specifically : category

2 : condition, state; especially : a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation

Examples

The governor has gotten himself into quite a predicament.

I don't know how to get out of the predicament I'm in.

OriginMiddle English, from Late Latin praedicamentum, from praedicare see 2predicate.

First known use: 14th century

Synonyms: bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire,
pickle, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp, kettle of fish