plight

plight is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
2. imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
3. transitive verb. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
4. noun. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
5. noun. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
6. noun. Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
7. noun. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
8. noun. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
9. noun. a solemn pledge of fidelity

   Synonyms: troth

10. noun. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

    "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"

    "the woeful plight of homeless people"

    Synonyms: predicament, quandary

11. verb. promise solemnly and formally

    "I pledge that I will honor my wife"

    Synonyms: pledge

12. verb. give to in marriage

    Synonyms: affiance, betroth, engage

Synonyms

troth, predicament, quandary, pledge, affiance, betroth, engage

Common word forms

plights, plighted, plighter, plighting

Words from these letters

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