plight
IPA: pɫˈaɪt
noun
- A dire or unfortunate situation.
- (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
- (obsolete) Good health.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
- (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
- (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
- (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
- (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
verb
- (transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
- (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
- (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
- (obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
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Examples of "plight" in Sentences
- A couple plighted troth with sincerity.
- It is a symbol of the plight of the country.
- Have you thought about the plight of the poor.
- The plight of the displaced persons was pathetic.
- The desperate plight of the Latin Kingdom worsened.
- They chose the name because the plight is the same.
- Content is largely about the plight of the homeless.
- The goal was to show the terrible plight of the slaves.
- Immediately after, Brynhild and Sigurd plight their troth.
- It examines the plight of the Vietnamese after the Vietnam War.