Thesaurus:difficult situation

Thesaurus

difficult situation

English

Noun

Sense: a difficult situation

Synonyms

• ass in a sling (vulgar)
• bind
• bucket of syrup (idiomatic)
• calvary
• cross (figurative)
• cross to bear (idiomatic)
• difficulty
• dilemma    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dire straits
• doghouse
• fix
• hole    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jam
• kettle of fish (idiomatic)
• ordeal
• pickle
• pinch
• plight
• predicament
• quandary
• quagmire
• situation
• spot    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spot of bother
• sticky situation
• sticky wicket
• tight spot
• trouble

Hyponyms

• catch-22
• living hell
• nightmare
• test    [⇒ thesaurus]
• worst case scenario
• within an inch of one's life
• in extremis

Hypernyms

• state    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:dilemma
• Thesaurus:in a dilemma
• Thesaurus:in trouble

Further reading

• “665. danger” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “735. adversity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “predicament” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.