plight
ദുരവസ്ഥ
definition
verb
Betrothal vows were often as binding as wedding vows, and ‘ plighting the troth’ was often an excuse to consummate the marriage ahead of the actual ceremony.
pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty).
noun
we must direct our efforts toward relieving the plight of children living in poverty
a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.
example
Unfortunately Evan's conclusion distracts us from the 'plight' of refugees.
You know a play is in trouble when the 'plight' of a stalked woman elicits neither sympathy nor concern.
Never mind the irony of the situation - the 'plight' of those we went to help along the coast, just a few kilometres south.
we must direct our efforts toward relieving the 'plight' of children living in poverty
But as the first help trickled in on Sunday, it was the 'plight' of the living that seemed the most desperate.
They do this in order to reflect on God and on the 'plight' of the unfortunate who do not have enough food.
It is the decency of ordinary Americans that has made all the difference to the 'plight' of the unfortunate ones.
What he found shocked him but also made him more determined than ever to alert others to the 'plight' of those living without clean water and sanitation.
Katy has cerebral palsy, kidney problems and learning difficulties but Mr Hulme is not swayed by her 'plight' .
They wept over the 'plight' of the unfortunate individual and his difficult life of travail.
This being the situation in the capital, one can well imagine the 'plight' in other parts of the state.
The Monarchy did not at once learn its lesson, and little was done to relieve the 'plight' of the peasantry.
They will be judged on their individual 'plight' and circumstances as every refugee is.
One cannot blame her for feeling this way at all, given her difficult 'plight' .
we must direct our efforts towards relieving the 'plight' of children living in poverty
Her 'plight' was exceptionally difficult since she had lost her company commander also.
A lot is made of her intelligence, which has the unfortunate effect of implying that her 'plight' would somehow be less painful if she were stupid.
The international community should make the situation better by responding rapidly to the 'plight' of the victims of the civil war in the Congo.
However, it is difficult not to feel some sympathy towards the 'plight' of university principals.
We've closed our eyes to the 'plight' of those living in totalitarian or theocratic oppression.
I am fully sympathetic with their 'plight' and the difficult conditions under which they often have to survive.
Leye. having 'been plighted to' Konnon, is joined to him in spirit after her death.
Betrothal vows were often as binding as wedding vows, and ‘ 'plighting' the troth’ was often an excuse to consummate the marriage ahead of the actual ceremony.
Under the apple boughs, there did I take you when our troth was 'plighted' , there gave my hand and vows, and there you were requited, where once your mother was abased and slighted.
She laughs aloud turning finally once more to her 'plighted' cousin.
In benign triumph the Cardinal draws Raphael by the wrist towards his niece for the contractual 'plighting' of hands but she, noticing Raphael's distaste, is slow to unfold her arms.
In order to prove a point about the alienation of the intellectual, I would like to examine the 'plights' of two women in tricky situations.
When she reaches the subject of current events, however, she seems to me to verge on the fantasy to which policy now appears 'plighted' , and which events seem unable to dislodge.
By ‘ulterior 'plighting' ’ I mean ulterior trothing with death.
It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly 'plighted' and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778.
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