sad+plight

  • 1plight´er — plight1 «plyt», noun. a condition or situation, now usually bad: »He was in a sad plight when he became ill and had no money. I think myself in better plight for a lender than you are (Shakespeare). SYNONYM(S): dilemma, scrape, fix. See syn.… …

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  • 2plight — plight1 [plīt] n. [ME plit, state, condition < Anglo Fr for OFr pleit, a fold, way of folding, condition (see PLAIT): sense infl. by ME plight < OE pliht: see PLIGHT2] a condition or state of affairs; esp., now, an awkward, sad, or… …

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  • 3plight — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ desperate, sad, sorry, tragic ▪ the desperate plight of flood victims ▪ current ▪ economic …

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  • 4plight — plight1 [ plaıt ] noun count * a sad, serious, or difficult situation: the plight of the poor/homeless/unemployed plight plight 2 [ plaıt ] verb transitive plight your troth an old expression meaning to promise to marry someone …

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  • 5plight — I UK [plaɪt] / US noun [singular] * a sad, serious, or difficult situation the plight of the poor/homeless/unemployed II UK [plaɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms plight : present tense I/you/we/they plight he/she/it plights present participle …

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  • 6sad — adj. 1 unhappy VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow, turn …

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  • 7plight — 1 noun (usually singular) a bad, serious, or sad condition or situation: the plight of homeless children 2 verb plight your troth old use to make a promise to someone that you will marry them …

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  • 8plight — [plaɪt] noun [C] a sad, serious, or difficult situation …

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  • 9Manilal Doctor — Manilal Maganlal Doctor Born 28 July 1881 Baroda, Gujarat, India Died 8 January 1956 Bombay, India Education MA, LLB …

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  • 10Harishchandragad — Infobox Mountain Name = Harishchandragad Temple Photo = Harishchandragadtemple.jpg Caption = Elevation = 4,671 feet from MSL Location = Maharashtra, India Range = Western Ghats Prominence = First ascent = Easiest route =… …

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