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1. A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
   "finds himself in a most awkward quandary";
   - predicament, plight
    
2. State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavourable options
   - dilemma

Derived forms: quandaries

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

Encyclopedia: Quandary, New South Wales