quandary

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noun

Plural noun:

quandaries

1.
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
Đồng nghĩa: perplexity, pickle, predicament, uncertainty
2.
A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
Đồng nghĩa: dilemma, Catch-22, dilemma, Hobson's choice, Morton's fork, no-win situation, quandary, Sophie's choice, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, fix, hole, jam, kettle, kettle of fish, ordeal, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, quandary, quagmire, situation, spot, spot of bother, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble

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Đồng nghĩa

perplexity pickle predicament uncertainty dilemmaCatch-22Hobson's choiceMorton's forkno-win situationSophie's choiceass in a slingbindbucket of syrupcalvarycauldroncrosscross to beardifficultydire straitsdoghouse

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doubt indecision dilemma

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Nguồn gốc từ

16th century. Origin unknown; perhaps a dialectal corruption (simulating a word of origin with suffix -ary) of wandreth (evil, plight, peril, adversity, difficulty), from Middle English wandreth, from Old Norse vandræði (difficulty, trouble), from vándr (difficult, requiring pains and care).