predicament
noun/prɪˈdɪkəmənt/
Frequency rank: #9,756 most common English word
Meaning
a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation that is hard to escape from.
Example sentence
He found himself in quite predicament when his car broke down in the middle of nowhere.
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