QUANDARY
\kwˈɒndəɹi], \kwˈɒndəɹi], \k_w_ˈɒ_n_d_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of QUANDARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
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a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
By Princeton University
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state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
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a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
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To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
By Oddity Software
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A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
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To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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kwon-d[=a]'ri, or kwon'da-ri, n. a state of difficulty or uncertainty: a hard plight. [Prob. M. E. wandreth, peril--Ice. vandrætdi, trouble.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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n. [French] A state of difficulty or perplexity.
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