Quandary | The Word for When Every Choice Feels Wrong · C1 Advanced

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Should I take the job or stay? That's a real quandary.

[00:00:03]Every choice feels wrong. Yes, that's my quandary, too.

[00:00:08]Quandary. It means a situation where you must choose, but every choice feels wrong or hard.

[00:00:14]Similar words are dilemma, predicament, and bind. Use quandary when you feel stuck and cannot pick a good option.

[00:00:22]She was in a quandary about which job to take. He faced a quandary when both friends needed help.

[00:00:27]From Latin, quando means when. A quandary is that frozen moment when you ask, "What do I do now?"