Quandary

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
 * 3) * 1995, Robert Frost, Collected Poems, Prose & Plays, page 475
 * 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.
 * 1) * 1995, Douglas N. Walton & Erik C. W. Krabbe, Commitment in Dialogue: Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning‎, page 54
 * But we may suppose that John has set his priorities in such a way that the quandary is spurious.
 * 1) * 2000, Carol Ann Strip & Gretchen Hirsch, Helping Gifted Children Soar‎, page 208
 * What a difficult quandary for a bright, talented child!
 * 1) * 2004, Jennifer Traig, Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood‎, page 181
 * 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?"

Synonyms

 * perplexity
 * uncertainty

Thesaurus
Gordian knot, baffle, bafflement, bewilderment, bother, confoundment, confusion, crux, difficulty, dilemma, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disturbance, embarrassment, enigma, fix, jam, knot, knotty point, mystery, node, nodus, nonplus, oxymoron, paradox, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pons asinorum, poser, pother, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, scrape, stew, teaser, unassuredness, uncertainty, upset, vexed question

Etymology
16th century. Origin unknown; perhaps a dialectal corruption (simulating a word of Latin origin with suffix -ary) of wandreth: < wandreth: <  vandræði: < vandr:.

Translations

 * Czech: bezradnost,
 * German: Zwickmühle


 * Portuguese: indecisão
 * Russian: затруднительное положение, затруднение,


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