- nounplight (noun) · plights (plural noun)
- a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation:"we must direct our efforts toward relieving the plight of children living in poverty"
OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit ‘fold’. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight.verbarchaicplight (verb) · plights (third person present) · plighted (past tense) · plighted (past participle) · plighting (present participle)- pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty):"men to plighted vows were faithful"
- (be plighted to)be engaged to be married to.
OriginOld English plihtan ‘endanger’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty’. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun
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- Unpleasant conditionLearn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Plight definition, a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in a sorry plight.www.dictionary.com/browse/plightan unpleasant condition, esp. a serious, sad, or difficult one: My problems aren’t much compared with the plight of the storm victims. (Definition of plight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plight
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