What part of speech is quandary?

Quandary can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does quandary mean?

Definitions

Verb

quandary - To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.

Noun

quandary - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
quandary - state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

Examples of quandary

#   Sentence  
1. noun When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.
2. noun Tom was excited about the new job offer since he'd felt stagnant and unappreciated in his current position, but when he told his boss that he was thinking about leaving, his boss told him that a promotion and a pay raise were in the offing if he would stay, so it left Tom in a quandary about what to do.
3. noun Tom was in a quandary about who to vote for in the election.
4. noun Mary is in a bit of a quandary over whether to tell Tom or not.
5. noun Through the discovery of the New World and its inhabitants, theologists were in a quandary, which they tried to overcome in various ways. Thus the doctrine came about that there were other ancestors besides Adam in other parts of the world. Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada believed that humans and animals had been carried by angels across the ocean. And still others, such as the Jesuit priest Joseph-François Lafitau symply denied that the Indians were ever created by God - only atheists could make such a claim.
6. noun The nationwide lockdown has left thousands of foreign tourists and visitors in Italy in a quandary.
7. noun I was in a quandary.
Sentence  
noun
When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.
Tom was excited about the new job offer since he'd felt stagnant and unappreciated in his current position, but when he told his boss that he was thinking about leaving, his boss told him that a promotion and a pay raise were in the offing if he would stay, so it left Tom in a quandary about what to do.
Tom was in a quandary about who to vote for in the election.
Mary is in a bit of a quandary over whether to tell Tom or not.
Through the discovery of the New World and its inhabitants, theologists were in a quandary, which they tried to overcome in various ways. Thus the doctrine came about that there were other ancestors besides Adam in other parts of the world. Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada believed that humans and animals had been carried by angels across the ocean. And still others, such as the Jesuit priest Joseph-François Lafitau symply denied that the Indians were ever created by God - only atheists could make such a claim.
The nationwide lockdown has left thousands of foreign tourists and visitors in Italy in a quandary.
I was in a quandary.

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