Dilemma
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English
Noun
Dilemma (plural Dilemmas or dilemmata)- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
- (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
Adjectives for Dilemma
economic; awkward; annoying; ancient; veritable; insoluble; cruel; moral; pitiful; agonizing; dire; frightful; doubtful; sentimental; unpleasant; terrible; desperate; inescapable; hopeless.
Verbs for Dilemma
balk at—; drift into—; elude—; escape from—; extricate from—; face—; founder on—; grasp—; rescue from—; seize—; solve—; take—by the horns; —baffles; —confronts.
Thesaurus
baffle, bafflement, bewilderment, bind, bother, box, catch-22, categorical syllogism, choice of Hercules, confoundment, confusion, corner, crux, deadlock, difficulty, discomposure, disconcert, disturbance, embarrassment, enigma, enthymeme, figure, fix, hole, impasse, jam, knot, knotty point, mode, mood, mystery, mystification, no choice, node, nodus, nonplus, only choice, oxymoron, paradox, paralogism, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, poser, pother, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, riddle, rule, rule of deduction, scrape, snooker, sorites, spot, squeeze, stalemate, stew, stymie, syllogism, teaser, trouble, upset, vexed question
Synonyms for Dilemma
- (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives):
- (any difficult circumstance): bind, fix, pickle, problem, quandary
- (logic):
- (rhetoric):
- doubt, predicament, difficulty, plight, perplexity.
Antonyms for Dilemma
escape, solution, freedom, advantage.
