Plight and Status

Plight

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

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

Nearby Words: plighted, plighting

Status noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Plight and status are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plight" instead a noun "Status".

Nearby Word: state

similar	similar plight	similar status
current	current plight	current status
true	true plight	true status
actual	actual plight	actual status
Other adjectives: main, new, former, financial.

Cuckoos Nest: One of Carpent(i)er's explanations for his plight is that he's been revived from Human Popsicle status and placed in a futuristic insane asylum, where some inmates think they're in Hell.

Source: Literature / Inferno

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