QUANDARY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

quandary

noun

ˈkwän-d(ə-)rē

Definition of quandary

as in dilemma

a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices I'm in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don't have the money to do either

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Recent Examples of quandary For the Fed, the various economic signals have posed a quandary. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 In no agency have the stakes of this quandary been higher than in the Department of Justice, whose mission is to uphold the rule of law. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 That leaves the Clay Institute, and the field of mathematics, in a bit of a quandary. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026 She’s played by Sofia Boutella in another one of the Schrader women roles who exists only as a prism to refract male anxieties, a foil to a man’s moral quandaries. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quandary

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dilemma

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The Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of the Sputnik satellite posed a profound dilemma for NATO.

— Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
The dilemma reveals one of the structural flaws in American healthcare.

— Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

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