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1. A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
   "finds himself in a most awkward predicament";
   - quandary, plight

Derived forms: predicaments

Type of: difficultness, difficulty, fix [informal], hole [informal], jam [informal], kettle of fish [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], pickle [informal]

Encyclopedia: Predicament