Thesaurus:difficult situation

THESAURUS

difficult situation

English

Noun

Sense: a difficult situation

Synonyms

• cross to bear
• ass in a sling
• dilemma    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bind
• dire straits
• fix
• hole    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jam
• kettle of fish
• ordeal
• pickle
• predicament
• quandary
• quagmire
• situation
• spot    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spot of bother
• 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]

Various

• between a rock and a hard place
• between Scylla and Charybdis
• doghouse
• pinch
•   —
• in a cleft stick
• in a state
• on the horns of a dilemma
• up shit creek
• up shit's creek
• up shit's creek without a paddle
• up shit creek without a paddle
• up the creek
• up the creek without a paddle

See also

• Thesaurus:dilemma

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.