pre ‧ dic ‧ a ‧ ment /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: praedicamentum , from praedicare ; ⇨ ↑ predicate 2 ]
a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice:
the country’s economic predicament
She went to the office to explain her predicament.
in a predicament
Other married couples are in a similar predicament.