noun · a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives. · any difficult or perplexing situation or problem. Synonyms: difficulty, question.

The meaning of DILEMMA is a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice. How to use dilemma in a sentence. Usage of Dilemma: Usage Guide.

Other forms: dilemmas. A dilemma is a tough choice. When you're in a difficult situation and each option looks equally bad, you're in a dilemma.

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do: face a dilemma She faces the dilemma of disobeying her father ...

a situation in which you have to make a difficult choice. The country's decision to go to war has caused a major dilemma for its allies.

1. a situation necessitating a choice between two equal, esp equally undesirable, alternatives 2. a problem that seems incapable of a solution. Dilemma · Face a dilemma · Pose a dilemma · Eternal dilemma

The earliest known use of the verb dilemma is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for dilemma is from 1656, in the writing of S. Hunton.

a situation that makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance.

Noun · A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. · A difficult circumstance or problem. · ( ...