PLIGHT


Meaning of PLIGHT in English

(~s)

If you refer to someone’s ~, you mean that they are in a difficult or distressing situation that is full of problems.

...the worsening ~ of Third World countries plagued by debts.

N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp

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