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quandary
English
Etymology
16th century. Origin unknown; perhaps a dialectal corruption (simulating a word of Latin origin with suffix -ary) of wandreth (“evil, plight, peril, adversity, difficulty”), from Middle English wandreth, from Old Norse vandræði (“difficulty, trouble”), from vandr (“difficult, requiring pains and care”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw?n.d?.?i/, /?kw?n.d?i/
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /kw?n?d??.??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kw?n.d?.?i/, /?kw?n.d?i/, /?kw?n-/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?kw?n.d?.?i/, /?kw?n.d?i/
- Hyphenation: quan?da?ry, quand?ary
Noun
quandary (plural quandaries)
- A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
- Synonyms: perplexity, pickle, predicament, uncertainty
- A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
- Synonyms: dilemma; see also Thesaurus:dilemma
- 1995, Robert Frost, Collected Poems, Prose & Plays, page 475
- To quote the oracle of Delphi, / Love thou thy neighbor as thyself, aye, / And hate him as thyself thou hatest. / There quandary is at its greatest.
- 1995, Douglas N. Walton & Erik C. W. Krabbe, Commitment in Dialogue: Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning, page 54
- But we may suppose that John has set his priorities in such a way that the quandary is spurious.
- 2000, Carol Ann Strip & Gretchen Hirsch, Helping Gifted Children Soar, page 208
- What a difficult quandary for a bright, talented child!
- 2004, Jennifer Traig, Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood, page 181
- Then I would begin contemplating the next quandary: "Does the Torah say it's okay to portray a hooker, and is a heart of gold a mitigating factor?"
Translations
See also
- doubt
- indecision
- dilemma
Further reading
- quandary at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
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bewilderment
English
Etymology
From bewilder +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??w?ld?m?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /b??w?ld??m?nt/
Noun
bewilderment (plural bewilderments)
- The state of being bewildered.
- A confusing or perplexing situation.
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