See quandary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "predicament"
},
{
"word": "uncertainty"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1995, Robert Frost, Collected Poems, Prose & Plays, page 475:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Douglas N. Walton, Erik C. W. Krabbe, Commitment in Dialogue: Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning, page 54:",
"text": "But we may suppose that John has set his priorities in such a way that the quandary is spurious.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2000, Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch, Helping Gifted Children Soar, page 208:",
"text": "What a difficult quandary for a bright, talented child!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Jennifer Traig, Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood, page 181:",
"text": "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?\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 July 21, Rachel Hall, “Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horror”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "The film explores Oppenheimer’s moral quandary over his role in creating the most destructive weapon ever made, but nuclear disarmament campaigners fear its power to persuade people of the existential threat posed by nuclear arms may be diminished by its focus on scientific achievement.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice."
],
"links": [
[
"dilemma",
"dilemma"
],
[
"decision",
"decision"
],
[
"choice",
"choice"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"word": "difficult situation"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɒn.də.ɹi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɒn.dɹi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kwɒnˈdɛə.ɹɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"dated"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɑn.də.ɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɑn.dɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɔn-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɔn.də.ɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɔn.dɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑndɹi"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatrudnenie",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "затруднение"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezradnost"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "rozpaky"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "besluiteloosheid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "onzekerheid"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "kimbatus"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "kitsikus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "embarras"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perplexité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "incertitude"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gač̣irvebuli mdgomareoba",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "გაჭირვებული მდგომარეობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gartuleba",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "გართულება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zwickmühle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verlegenheit"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "tanácstalanság"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedoumica",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоумица"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "ngākau kōnatunatu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "harapukatanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "matawaenga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indecisão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "impasse"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatrudnitelʹnoje položénije",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"word": "затруднительное положе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatrudnénije",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "затрудне́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedouménije",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "недоуме́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedoumica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоумица"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indecisión"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penbleth"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyfyng-gyngor"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a state of not knowing what to decide",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dryswch"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dilema",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дилема"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "dilemo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "pulma"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dilemme"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dilema",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "დილემა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Dilemma"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verfahrene Situation"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "dilemma"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedoumica",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоумица"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedoumica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоумица"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"word": "dilema"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a dilemma",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disyuntiva"
}
],
"word": "quandary"
}
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