Noun: quandary kwón-d(u-)ree
- A situation requiring a choice between equally unfavourable or mutually exclusive options
"The manager faced a quandary in choosing which employee to promote";
- dilemma
- A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
"finds himself in a most awkward quandary";
- predicament, plight
Derived forms: quandaries
Type of: difficultness, difficulty, perplexity
Encyclopedia: Quandary, New South Wales