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Definitions for Plight

[1] a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in a sorry plight.
[2] to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
[3] to bind (someone) by a pledge, especially of marriage.
[4] to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.
[5] Archaic . pledge.
[6] a condition of extreme hardship, danger, etc
[7] to give or pledge (one's word) he plighted his word to attempt it
[8] to promise formally or pledge (allegiance, support, etc) to plight aid
[9] plight one's troth to make a promise of marriage to give one's solemn promise
[10] archaic , or dialect a solemn promise, esp of engagement; pledge

Words related to Plight

predicament, trouble, quandary, condition, extremity, pinch, fix, scrape, spot, impasse, state, jam, perplexity, corner, hole, pickle, circumstances

Words nearby Plight

plicate, plication, plicotomy, plier, pliers, plight, plimsoll, plimsoll line, plimsoll mark, plinian, plink

Origin of Plight

2before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English pliht danger, risk; cognate with Dutch plicht, German Pflicht duty, obligation; (v.) Middle English plighten, Old English plihtan (derivative of the noun) to endanger, risk, pledge; cognate with Old High German phlichten to engage oneself, Middle Dutch plihten to guarantee

Other words from Plight

plight·er , noun
un·plight·ed , adjective

Word origin for Plight

Old English pliht peril; related to Old High German, German Pflicht duty

Synonyms for Plight

condition, predicament, quandary, trouble, circumstances, corner, extremity, fix, hole, impasse, jam, perplexity, pickle, pinch, scrape, spot, state, straits, bad news, double trouble, tight situation