quandary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
finds himself in a most awkward predicament
Types & categories
- difficulty hypernym
- care hyponym
- box hyponym
- hot water hyponym
Sense 2 noun
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Types & categories
- perplexity hypernym
- double bind hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | care |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | box |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot water |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | perplexity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double bind |