Quandary
11quandary — UK [ˈkwɒndərɪ] / US [ˈkwɑndərɪ] noun Word forms quandary : singular quandary plural quandaries be in a quandary …
12quandary — noun /ˈkwɑːn.dərɪ/ a) A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a pickle; a predicament. To quote the oracle of Delphi, / Love thou thy neighbor as thyself, aye,… …
13quandary — quan|da|ry [ˈkwɔndəri US ˈkwa:n ] n plural quandaries [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Latin quando when ] a difficult situation or problem, especially one in which you cannot decide what to do in a quandary ▪ Kate was in a quandary over… …
14quandary — [[t]kwɒ̱ndəri[/t]] quandaries N COUNT: usu sing If you are in a quandary, you have to make a decision but cannot decide what to do. The government appears to be in a quandary about what to do with so many people. Syn: dilemma …
15quandary — noun be in a quandary (about/over) to be unable to decide what to do about a difficult problem or situation: The city council is in a quandary over whether to raise taxes or not …
16quandary — quan|da|ry [ kwandəri ] noun be in a quandary not to be certain what decision to make about something …
17quandary — [16] Quandary may have originated as a quasi latinism. One of its early forms was quandare, which suggests that it may have been a pseudo Latin infinitive verb, coined on the fanciful notion that Latin quandō ‘when’ was a first person present… …
18quandary — [ kwɒnd(ə)ri] noun (plural quandaries) a state of uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation: Kate was in a quandary. Origin C16: perh. partly from L. quando when …
19quandary — noun conflicting appointments left us in a quandary Syn: predicament, plight, difficult situation, awkward situation; trouble, muddle, mess, confusion, difficulty, dilemma, mare s nest; informal sticky situation, pickle, hole, stew, fix, bind,… …
20quandary — [ˈkwɒndəri] noun be in a quandary to not be certain what decision to take about something[/ex] …
