plight
I
noun
adverse circumstance, adversity, awkward situation, case, circumstance, condition, corner, crisis, critical situation, difficulty, dilemma, embarrassing position, embarrassing situation, emergency, footing, hardship, imbroglio, lot, misfortune, muddle, pass, pinch, position, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, reverse, scrape, setback, situation, state, state of affairs, station, strait, trial, trouble
II
index
case (set of circumstances), condition (state), emergency, imbroglio, position (situation), posture (situation), predicament, problem, promise (vow), quagmire, quandary, situation, state (condition)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006