Another Word For DIFFICULT_SITUATION
mess
Noun : A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.
Noun : (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
Noun : (euphemistic) Excrement.
bind
Verb : (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
Verb : (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
Verb : (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
difficulties
Noun : (colloquial) a series of frustrations
difficulty
Noun : The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
Noun : An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
Noun : (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
hot potato
Noun : (uncountable) A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.
Noun : (countable, idiomatic) An awkward or delicate problem with which nobody wants to be associated.
knot
Noun : A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
Noun : (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
Noun : A maze-like pattern.
rattrap
Noun : A device (trap) used to catch rats.
Noun : A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
Noun : A difficult, entangling situation.
scrape
Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
Verb : (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
Verb : (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
trouble
Noun : A distressing or dangerous situation.
Noun : A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
Noun : A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.
distress
Noun : Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
Noun : A cause of such discomfort.
Noun : Serious danger.
knotting
Noun : (chiefly mathematics) The formation of a knot.
Noun : (uncountable, zoology) The swelling of the bulbus glandis.
Noun : A hamlet in Knotting and Souldrop parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0063).
jackpot
Noun : A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
Noun : A large cash prize or money.
Noun : An unexpected windfall or reward.
on the spot
Verb : without delay or immediatel
Verb : at the place in question; ther
Verb : in a difficult situatio
predicament
Noun : A definite class, state or condition.
Noun : An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
Noun : (logic) That which is predicated; a category.
fix
Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
Verb : (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
Verb : (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
pickle
Noun : (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
Noun : (often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
Noun : (UK) A sweet, vinegary pickled chutney popular in Britain.
fic
Noun : (slang, countable) A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic.
hole
Noun : A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
Noun : An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
Noun : (heading) In games.
quandary
Noun : A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.
Noun : A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
spot
Noun : A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
Noun : A stain or disfiguring mark.
Noun : A pimple, papule or pustule.
wall
Noun : A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
Noun : A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
Noun : Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
disjoint
Adjective : Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
Adjective : (set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
Verb : To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
box
Noun : Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
Noun : A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
Noun : A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
imbroglio
Noun : A complicated situation; an entanglement.
jam
Noun : (less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.
Noun : (countable) A difficult situation.
Noun : (countable, baseball) A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
kettle of fish
Noun : (idiomatic) An awkward situation.
Noun : (idiomatic) A situation recognized as different from or as an alternative to some other situation.
out
Verb : Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference.
Verb : Away from home or one's usual place.
Verb : Outside; not indoors.
pickling
Noun : An instance of processing something in brine or in vinegar.
Noun : A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) or other metallic objects is chemically removed by strong acids.
quagmire
Noun : A swampy, soggy area of ground.
Noun : (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
Verb : (transitive) To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
resource
Noun : Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
Noun : A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
Noun : Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
resourcefulness
Noun : The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.
strait
Adjective : (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
Adjective : (archaic) Righteous, strict.
Adjective : (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
straits
Noun : The Straits Settlements.
Noun : (informal) The British rock band Dire Straits.
succor
Noun : (American spelling) Alternative spelling of succour [(uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.]
Verb : (American spelling) Alternative spelling of succour [(transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.]
succour
Noun : (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
Noun : (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
Noun : (uncountable, obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
tree
Noun : A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a bush with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, leaves and branches.
Noun : Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
Noun : An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
muddle
Verb : To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Verb : To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
Verb : To dabble in mud.
bail
Noun : (uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
Noun : (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
Noun : (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
bitch
Noun : (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
Noun : (archaic, offensive) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
Noun : (vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
carry
Verb : (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
Verb : (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
Verb : (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
complicate
Verb : (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
Verb : (transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
Adjective : (obsolete) Intertwined.
contretemps
Noun : An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
Noun : (fencing) An ill-timed pass.
corner
Noun : The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
Noun : The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
Noun : The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
creek
Noun : (Britain) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
Noun : Any turn or winding.
dilemma
Noun : A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
Noun : A difficult circumstance or problem.
Noun : (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
embitter
Verb : (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be bitter.
face
Noun : (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
Noun : (informal or slang)
Noun : One's facial expression.
hobble
Noun : (chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
Noun : An unsteady, off-balance step.
Noun : (archaic, informal) A difficult situation; a scrape.
impasse
Noun : A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
Noun : (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
impossible
Adjective : Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
Adjective : (colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.
Adjective : (mathematics, dated) imaginary
mire
Noun : Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
Noun : An undesirable situation, a predicament.
Verb : (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
mired
Noun : A unit of measurement for color temperature.
nox
Noun : (rare) millilux (unit of illuminance)
Noun : (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of night.
Noun : (chemistry) Any of the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion.
pass
Verb : To change place.
Verb : (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
Verb : (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
plight
Noun : A dire or unfortunate situation.
Noun : (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
Noun : (obsolete) Good health.
potato
Noun : The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
Noun : (informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
Noun : Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
pressure cooker
Noun : (cooking) A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.
Noun : (figurative) A stressful situation that is liable to erupt.
problem
Noun : A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
Noun : A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
Noun : A puzzling circumstance.
scabrous
Adjective : Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
Adjective : (figurative) Disgusting, repellent.
Adjective : (figurative) Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
shitting
Noun : (vulgar) The act of defecating.
Adjective : (vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it modifies; same as fucking.
spots
Noun : spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and len
spotting
Noun : A spotted pattern.
Noun : The act of spotting or sighting something.
stew
Noun : (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
Noun : (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
Noun : (archaic) A brothel.
sticky
Adjective : Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Adjective : Difficult, awkward.
Adjective : Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
strand
Noun : The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
Noun : (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
Noun : A small brook or rivulet.
stranded
Adjective : (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
Adjective : (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
Adjective : (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
stranding
Noun : The act or occasion by which somebody or something is stranded.
struggle
Noun : A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Noun : (figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
Verb : To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
swamp
Noun : A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
Noun : A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
Noun : (figurative) A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
trap
Noun : A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
Noun : A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
Noun : (by extension, cartography, law, technical) A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
troubled
Adjective : anxious, worried, careworn.
troubling
Adjective : distressing, worrying
Noun : The infliction of trouble or distress.
back
Adjective : At or near the rear.
Adjective : (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
Adjective : Not current.
doghouse
Noun : Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
Noun : A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
Noun : Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
entangle
Verb : (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
Verb : (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.
euphemism
Noun : (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.
Noun : (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
hook
Noun : A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
Noun : A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
Noun : Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
houdini
Noun : The magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.
Noun : An escape artist.
Verb : to vanish, or escape a difficult situation quickly.
neck
Noun : (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
Noun : The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
Noun : The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
row
Noun : A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
Noun : A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
Verb : (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
rowing
Noun : The action of the verb to row.
Noun : The action of propelling a boat with oars.
Noun : The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
silver lining
Noun : (figurative) A good aspect of a mostly bad event.
sticky wicket
Noun : (cricket) A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
Noun : A difficult or unpredictable situation.
muddled
Adjective : Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
snooker
Noun : A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
Noun : (snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
Verb : (intransitive) To play the game of snooker.
bright side
Noun : A consoling aspect of a difficult situation.
queer street
Noun : (idiomatic, Britain, dated) Hard times; a difficult circumstance, especially bankruptcy.
Noun : (idiomatic, Britain, dated) Suspicious circumstances.
Noun : (idiomatic, boxing) A stunned condition.
anomaly
Noun : A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
Noun : Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
Noun : (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
awkward
Verb : (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
Adjective : Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
Adjective : Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
bitter end
Noun : (nautical) That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor.
Noun : (nautical) The final six fathoms of anchor chain before the point of attachment in the chain locker of modern US naval vessels.
Noun : (idiomatic) The end of a long and difficult process.
bugger
Noun : (obsolete) A heretic.
Noun : (UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
Noun : (slang, derogatory, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
call
Verb : To use one's voice.
Verb : (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
Verb : (intransitive) To cry or shout.
challenge
Noun : A confrontation; a dare.
Noun : An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
Noun : A bid to overcome something.
circumstances
Noun : a person's financial situation (good or bad
Noun : the state (usually personal) with regard to wealt
Noun : your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you
clutching
Noun : The act of one who clutches.
coma
Noun : A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
Noun : (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
Noun : (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
complex
Adjective : Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Adjective : Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
Adjective : (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
complication
Noun : The act or process of complicating.
Noun : The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
Noun : A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
convenient
Adjective : Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
Adjective : Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
Adjective : (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.
cover
Noun : A lid.
Noun : (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
Noun : The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
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