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What is another word for
dire straits
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Disastrous predicament
Trouble
An event or action that causes pain or suffering
Difficulty, especially when caused by lack of money
A difficult (and figurative) problem or situation
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Noun
▲
Disastrous predicament
difficulties
hardship
hock
straits
desperate straits
want
need
distress
penury
poverty
pauperism
destitution
impecuniousness
indigence
impoverishment
neediness
privation
ruin
ruination
beggary
pennilessness
insolvency
necessity
impecuniosity
vagrancy
penuriousness
destituteness
poorness
pauperdom
mendicancy
reduced circumstances
straitened circumstances
bankruptcy
deprivation
disadvantage
misery
wretchedness
financial distress
hand-to-mouth existence
indigency
narrow circumstances
administration
debt
mendicity
indebtedness
liquidation
receivership
begging
financial ruin
primary poverty
crisis
difficulty
urgency
trouble
emergency
exigency
loss
woe
dependency
dependence
extreme poverty
dire poverty
utter poverty
life on the breadline
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“Anyone in
dire straits
because of the floods should turn to the official appeal for help.”
Noun
▲
Trouble
bad news
trouble
bind
bother
concern
danger
deep trouble
difficulty
dilemma
disappointment
distress
grief
headache
hindrance
hot water
inconvenience
mess
misfortune
nuisance
pain
predicament
problem
struggle
torment
woe
jeopardy
peril
imperilment
tight spot
endangerment
harm's way
pickle
hitch
snag
deep water
spot
risk
Noun
▲
An event or action that causes pain or suffering
hurt
adversity
misfortune
trouble
failure
hardship
setback
struggle
suffering
tragedy
damage
detriment
disadvantage
disaster
harm
trial
tribulation
catastrophe
debacle
inconvenience
infelicity
loss
misadventure
mishap
unpleasantness
accident
bad luck
blow
bother
calamity
cataclysm
commotion
hassle
hitch
mischance
mishappening
snag
tumult
bad break
bad news
boo-boo
hard luck
hot water
ill
ill-treatment
persecution
rotten luck
tough luck
disbenefit
straits
travail
injury
affliction
pain
distress
anguish
misery
torment
agony
grief
woe
torture
trauma
excruciation
rack
mischief
difficulty
wretchedness
problem
cost
penalty
impairment
prejudice
price
sorrow
ordeal
heartbreak
toll
expense
drawback
burden
disservice
wrong
evil
cross to bear
consequences
worry
destruction
disability
hell
vexation
dolor
sadness
reverse
shock
pang
unhappiness
heartache
downside
strait
ache
ramification
curse
weight
headache
drag
hard time
stroke of bad luck
adverse effects
undesirable consequences
pangs
grievance
strain
disruption
ruin
discomfort
malice
vicissitude
disease
cruelty
knock
hurting
badness
agitation
incapacitation
angst
dolour
wound
undoing
stress
martyrdom
ill luck
ills
sense of loss
passion
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
demerit
despite
destitution
nightmare
crux
condition
plight
cross
horror
perdition
hell on earth
Gehenna
complication
murder
deprivation
purgatory
twinge
bad time
losses
undesirable consequence
adverse effect
spoiling
marring
illfare
handicap
liability
anxiety
issue
bummer
albatross
downer
visitation
travails
oppression
crucible
care
wronging
ill fortune
rainy day
double whammy
hard knock
upset
disappointment
contretemps
reversal
casualty
crisis
whammy
scourge
upheaval
collapse
reverse of fortune
car crash
apocalypse
crash
reversal of fortune
defeat
blight
crunch
unluckiness
fiasco
hard times
downfall
nuisance
annoyance
emergency
devastation
check
wreck
lapse
comedown
unluck
dole
meltdown
ruination
bale
bane
holocaust
waterloo
havoc
glitch
blunder
mess
the worst
buffet
drama
jam
exigency
down
slip
bitter pill
haplessness
hold-up
stroke of ill luck
unfortunateness
curtains
untowardness
disturbance
predicament
mishanter
dilemma
quandary
mire
quagmire
fall
disorder
conundrum
turmoil
discouragement
bind
pickle
flop
imbroglio
impasse
entanglement
mistake
perplexity
shambles
muddle
delay
depression
humiliation
error
hiccup
letdown
unfortunate incident
infliction
load
sticky situation
one in the eye
miscalculation
body blow
big trouble
hang-up
tight spot
sorry condition
awkward situation
problematic situation
deep water
bit of trouble
sad state
tight corner
critical situation
spot of bother
unfortunate situation
kick in the teeth
no-win situation
knock-back
train wreck
tricky situation
tight situation
difficult situation
plague
jolt
bad thing
rigor
US
rout
decline
nemesis
desolation
frustration
abyss
nakba
non-success
evil fortune
evil chance
rigour
UK
hazard
poison
descent
bath
extremity
total
pileup
smashup
dud
smash
demise
holy mess
unholy mess
trials and tribulations
bust
pinch
washout
hole
chaos
disarray
severe test
trying time
obstacle
flameout
confusion
ill-fortune
fix
act of God
stack-up
crack-up
fender-bender
wrack-up
shipwreck
hindrance
impediment
tough break
raw deal
farce
bomb
obstruction
demotion
downgrading
holdup
doom
disgrace
sad event
faux pas
heavy blow
double trouble
piece of bad luck
damp squib
hard knocks
worst-case scenario
bad experience
loss of status
stumbling block
dreadful thing
awful thing
terrible thing
test
convulsion
jar
pest
downturn
cancer
mischanter
failing
flooding
canker
fire
catastrophy
breakdown
rotten break
devil's own luck
hard cheese
derangement
outburst
traumatization
pestilence
botched situation
privation
need
penury
poverty
want
gauntlet
spectacle
devastating blow
gantlet
blue ruin
calvary
aggravation
indigence
sordidness
unpredictable outcome
ill chance
crucifixion
incident
fuss
stroke
lack of success
business
circumstance
occasion
adventure
row
scene
tension
melodrama
affair
collision
flood
asperity
hardness
lot
thrill
fracas
sensation
excitement
danger
clutch
jinx
skids
casus
befalling
rear ender
shit show
fell stroke
rough situation
hell in a handbasket
encumbrance
hurdle
barrier
to-do
serious accident
bad fortune
grievous blow
rear-ender
ill-luck
pain in the rear
harsh conditions
tough situation
pain in the backside
evil eye
can of worms
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
kiss of death
repulse
tear-jerker
holdback
turnabout
vanquishment
conquering
crimp
trammel
inefficacy
spanner in the works
catch-22
block
fly in the ointment
monkey wrench
cramp
bafflement
mortification
humbling
belittlement
overthrow
discomfiture
cropper
degradation
dive
loss of face
lowering
reality check
comeuppance
pratfall
reduction
let-down
fizzle
miss
lemon
clunker
turkey
disillusionment
anticlimax
unseating
deposition
ousting
vanquishing
conquest
toppling
loser
fail
overturn
end
elimination
shame
debasement
annihilation
death
clinker
rebuff
Waterloo
labefaction
dissatisfaction
bringdown
disgruntlement
dismay
regression
slowdown
backset
regress
foil
bottom
non-starter
lead balloon
non-achiever
no-hoper
frost
dead loss
drawing board
flip-flop
whole new ballgame
unfortunate development
about-face
trip
destroyer
omission
last straw
loss of power
stumble
misstep
bad omen
flaw
fumble
final straw
fault
subversion
bad trot
balk
US
chagrin
stew
baulk
UK
loss of success
pass
tinderbox
pressure
urgency
scrape
embarrassment
messiness
puzzle
monstrosity
situation
disorderliness
vicious circle
hot potato
rabbit hole
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Noun
▲
Difficulty, especially when caused by lack of money
distress
hardship
trouble
adversity
misfortune
poverty
calamity
privation
destitution
indigence
suffering
difficulties
difficulty
grief
misery
need
trial
tribulation
want
affliction
bad luck
burden
deprivation
impoverishment
penury
straits
austerity
beggary
crunch
disaster
discomfort
downer
drag
exigency
hassle
jam
lack
pickle
pinch
torment
bummer
catastrophe
grievance
hazard
injury
rigour
UK
rigor
US
ruination
scrape
throe
travail
travails
vicissitude
worry
hard knocks
hard time
hard times
holy mess
hot water
rotten luck
ticklish spot
tough break
tough luck
unholy mess
can of worms
ill-fortune
ill luck
ill-luck
sorrow
wretchedness
pain
accident
hardness
asperity
danger
mischance
trials and tribulations
persecution
oppression
neediness
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
trials
ruin
drudgery
labor
US
curse
labour
UK
peril
toil
fatigue
mishap
reverse
woe
misadventure
Herculean task
rainy day
financial distress
uphill battle
heartache
heartbreak
tragedy
trauma
shock
upset
torture
setback
reversal
crisis
cross
hell
buffet
blow
ill
stress
contretemps
dolour
issue
clutch
poison
nakba
jinx
knock
hurting
skids
bad break
ill fortune
harsh conditions
stroke of bad luck
deep water
stroke of ill luck
hell on earth
reversal of fortune
pain in the bum
kiss of death
pain in the backside
tough situation
pain in the rear
evil eye
the worst
pain in the neck
problem
ordeal
failure
hard luck
vexation
albatross
agony
anguish
cross to bear
raw deal
headache
unluckiness
debacle
inconvenience
casualty
anxiety
unhappiness
sadness
crucible
blunder
rotten break
hard cheese
infelicity
complication
unfortunate incident
reverse of fortune
severe test
trying time
car crash
hurt
excruciation
rack
visitation
care
test
wronging
double whammy
hard knock
plague
scourge
nightmare
ill chance
miscalculation
unpredictable outcome
bane
bother
discouragement
disappointment
fiasco
nuisance
lapse
cataclysm
slip
error
dolor
bad news
big trouble
load
doom
fire
devil's own luck
pest
faux pas
gauntlet
gantlet
comedown
annoyance
letdown
drama
calvary
aggravation
haplessness
painfulness
crucifixion
down
dud
sad event
bad experience
mistake
unfairness
unjustness
shaft
injustice
inequity
disservice
wrong
pileup
smashup
total
smash
collision
rear-ender
crack-up
evil fortune
fender-bender
evil chance
stack-up
wrack-up
way of the world
pits
way the cookie crumbles
way things go
human condition
karma
kismet
way of it
destiny
bad fortune
life
hand one is dealt
usual state of affairs
times we live in
luck
school of hard knocks
unfortunate
chance
rotten hand
bad rap
bum deal
rum deal
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Noun
▲
A difficult (and figurative) problem or situation
quicksand
crisis
catastrophe
disaster
emergency
plight
predicament
dilemma
mess
trouble
calamity
extremity
fiasco
mire
quagmire
quandary
conundrum
setback
tragedy
complication
difficulty
jam
problem
strait
tribulation
misadventure
misfortune
scrape
woe
hot water
sticky situation
deep water
sad state
critical situation
heavy blow
tricky situation
difficult situation
problematic situation
unfortunate situation
awkward situation
spot of bother
tight situation
pickle
bind
tight spot
fix
hole
impasse
tight corner
spot
muddle
distress
corner
stew
adversity
exigency
pinch
imbroglio
rabbit hole
hardship
box
cataclysm
rattrap
swamp
sticky wicket
hell on earth
hard times
ticklish situation
perplexity
jackpot
hell
depression
bad news
embarrassment
sorry condition
train wreck
fine kettle of fish
tinderbox
upheaval
turmoil
blow
havoc
debacle
entanglement
trauma
puzzle
meltdown
mishap
disorder
drama
shambles
horror
spot of trouble
worst-case scenario
double trouble
no-win situation
desperate straits
bit of bother
car crash
juncture
crossroads
crunch
head
clutch
conjuncture
Dunkirk
danger
urgency
pass
straits
comess
chaos
disarray
failure
issue
vicissitude
tension
pressure
crash
collapse
situation
knot
reversal
affliction
reverse
scourge
devastation
zero hour
how-do-you-do
pretty kettle of fish
big trouble
hang-up
boiling point
crunch time
apocalypse
with nowhere to turn
reversal of fortune
breaking point
flash point
botched situation
impediment
tangle
mare's nest
indigence
destitution
diffict situation
extreme suffering
condition
state
case
circumstances
troublesome situation
discomfiture
worst that could happen
worst outcome
worst case
worst possible outcome
worst comes to worst
spectacle
commotion
fuss
incident
scene
disturbance
business
circumstance
occasion
melodrama
affair
adventure
row
fracas
sensation
thrill
excitement
farce
to-do
tear-jerker
accident
crossroad
necessity
squeeze
turning point
panic stations
urgent situation
unforeseen circumstances
jeopardy
peril
struggle
imperilment
frustration
oppression
rigor
US
pain
endangerment
misery
need
risk
hazard
exertion
painfulness
a spot
labor
US
a stew
barricade
a hole
discouragement
harassment
a fix
a jam
rigour
UK
sweat
dead end
hardness
labour
UK
crux
asperity
deadlock
a scrape
a pickle
hitch
harm's way
snag
soup
ruin
blight
confusion
stress
whammy
shock
monstrosity
vicious circle
bomb
shipwreck
hot potato
disorderliness
stroke of ill luck
hassle
desolation
holocaust
trial
messiness
bust
catch-22
mix-up
bother
catch
contingency
worry
hindrance
headache
burden
position
double bind
kettle of fish
complexity
obstacle
botheration
doubt
uncertainty
worriment
obstruction
hurdle
uphill
stage
conflict
bewilderment
drawback
dispute
grievance
hot seat
cleft stick
source of trouble
thorn in the flesh
bottleneck
difficult choice
difficult problem
bad situation
embarrassing situation
embarrassing problem
upset
place
jumble
challenge
indecision
tight squeeze
matter
poser
involvement
nuisance
uphill battle
facer
controversy
brouhaha
enmeshment
embroilment
time
demand
between a rock and a hard place
mass of problems
moment
point
constraint
requirement
stalemate
complicated situation
pretty
state of things
state of affairs
acuteness
want
demandingness
hot spot
soap opera
a bad situation
a plight
a mess
a sorry condition
mystification
a predicament
a difficult situation
needfulness
requisite
essential
imperativeness
wont
criticalness
pressingness
cul-de-sac
morass
cessation
pause
rest
a tight corner
a bind
duress
exigence
period
phase
choke point
state of perplexity
state of uncertainty
delicate situation
question
up a tree
posture
interval
status
instant
point in time
moment in time
choice
suffering
habit
count
bugbear
downside
disagreement
pitfall
torment
negative aspect
point at issue
can of worms
disputed point
hiccup
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
vexed question
question mark
thorn in one's side
trammel
vexation
gremlin
fly in the ointment
rub
source of difficulty
hornets' nest
barrier
handicap
stumbling block
glitch
teething trouble
sorrow
ordeal
disease
wretchedness
grief
hurt
excruciation
agony
travail
torture
rack
ills
drag
anguish
cross
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