quandary
kwon duh ree
- n a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- n state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- The open revolt of the players has placed the management of the football team in a quandary.
- Unable to explain the super natural happenings in the haunted house, the rationalists are in a quandary.
- The pile up on the highway blocked both sides of the road and threw the traffic police into a quandary.