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Showing words for DILEMMA using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Dilemma

dilemma

6 Letter Words for Dilemma

aldime, lammed, lammie, maelid, mailed, maimed, malmed, medial

5 Letter Words for Dilemma

ailed, aimed, aldim, amide, damie, damme, delim, demal, eliad, email, ideal, lamed, lemma, limed, limma, maile, malie, mamie, medal, media, melam, melia, mimed

4 Letter Words for Dilemma

admi, aide, aiel, aile, aldm, alem, alme, amel, amid, amie, amil, amli, ammi, dail, dale, dali, dame, deal, deia, deil, deli, demi, dial, diam, diel, diem, dime, eadi, edam, eila, eild, emda, emma, idea, idem, idle, ilea, imam, lade, laid, lame, lamm, lead, leam, leda, lied, lima, lime, made, maed, maid, mail, maim, male, mali, malm, mdma, mead, meal, mela, meld, miae, mide, mila, mild, mile, mima, mime

3 Letter Words for Dilemma

ade, adm, aid, ail, aim, ald, ale, ame, ami, dae, dal, dam, dea, dei, del, dem, dia, die, dil, dim, dle, ead, eam, ela, eld, eli, elm, ida, ide, ile, lad, lai, lam, lea, led, lei, lem, lid, lie, lim, mad, mae, mal, mam, mea, med, mei, mel, mem, mia, mid, mil, mim

Definitions for Dilemma

[1] a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
[2] any difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
[3] Logic . a form of syllogism in which the major premise is formed of two or more hypothetical propositions and the minor premise is a disjunctive proposition, as “If A, then B; if C then D. Either A or C. Therefore, either B or D.”
[4] a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives
[5] a problem that seems incapable of a solution
[6] logic a form of argument one of whose premises is the conjunction of two conditional statements and the other of which affirms the disjunction of their antecedents, and whose conclusion is the disjunction of their consequents. Its form is if p then q and if r then s; either p or r so either q or s
[7] on the horns of a dilemma faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives in an awkward situation

Words related to Dilemma

predicament, impasse, mess, puzzle, quandary, difficulty, embarrassment, problem, plight, box, bind, fix, strait, spot, scrape, jam, mire, perplexity, corner, hole

Words nearby Dilemma

dilatometer, dilator, dilatory, dilaudid, dildo, dilemma, dilettante, dilettantism, dilf, dili, diligence

Origin of Dilemma

1515–25; < Late Latin < Greek dílēmma, equivalent to di- di-1 + lêmma an assumption, premise, derivative of lambánein to take

Other words from Dilemma

dil·em·mat·ic [dil-uh -mat -ik] /ˌdɪl əˈmæt ɪk/ , dil·em·mat·i·cal , di·lem·mic , adjective
dil·em·mat·i·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Dilemma

C16: via Latin from Greek, from di- 1 + lēmma assumption, proposition, from lambanein to take, grasp

Synonyms for Dilemma

difficulty, embarrassment, impasse, mess, plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, bind, box, corner, fix, hole, hooker, jam, mire, perplexity, pickle, scrape, spot, strait, Catch-22, double bind, tight corner