Illness and Plight

Illness

Illness noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

Plight and illness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plight" instead a noun "Illness".

Nearby Word: ill

Plight

Plight noun - A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one.
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Synonyms for Plight

Illness and plight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Illness" instead a noun "Plight".

Nearby Words: plighted, plighting

How words are described

similar similar illness similar plight
common common illness common plight
actual actual illness actual plight
real real illness real plight
Other adjectives: serious, terrible, tragic, mysterious, financial.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Corpse Vanishes Asshole Victim: The film introduces us to Countess Lorenz suffering from her "illness"; but just as we begin to feel sympathy for her plight, she shows herself to be more than a willing accomplice in her husband's amoral activities.
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Plight and Illness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/illness/plight
Illness & Plight. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/illness/plight>.
Plight or Illness. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/illness/plight.
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