Synonyms:
dilemma, quandary
Meaning: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Usage examples
To add to our dilemma, we found the pumps choked and nearly useless.
The possibility of hypothetical conclusions, of tentative results, is the fact which the Greek dilemma overlooked.
The dilemma makes no provision for coming to know, for learning; it assumes either complete knowledge or complete ignorance. Nevertheless the twilight zone of inquiry, of thinking, exists.
"I decline to place myself between the horns of any such dilemma," returned Wingfold, who was now more than a little annoyed at his persistency in forcing his way within the precincts of another's personality.
If I felt any emotion at all, it was a kind of chuckling satisfaction at the cleverness I was about to display in extricating myself from this dilemma; and I never, for a moment, looked upon my ultimate safety as a question susceptible of doubt.