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What is another word for
dire straits
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Disastrous predicament
An event or action that causes pain or suffering
Difficulty, especially when caused by lack of money
A difficult (and figurative) problem or situation
Noun
▲
Disastrous predicament
difficulties
hardship
hock
straits
desperate straits
want
distress
need
penury
destitution
poverty
indigence
impecuniousness
pauperism
neediness
privation
impoverishment
beggary
ruin
ruination
pennilessness
insolvency
necessity
impecuniosity
penuriousness
destituteness
poorness
vagrancy
pauperdom
mendicancy
reduced circumstances
straitened circumstances
deprivation
disadvantage
misery
financial distress
bankruptcy
extreme poverty
dire poverty
utter poverty
wretchedness
life on the breadline
squalor
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
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“Anyone in
dire straits
because of the floods should turn to the official appeal for help.”
Noun
▲
An event or action that causes pain or suffering
hurt
adversity
misfortune
trouble
failure
hardship
setback
struggle
tragedy
damage
detriment
disadvantage
disaster
harm
trial
tribulation
catastrophe
debacle
inconvenience
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
ordeal
privation
affliction
blight
devastation
shock
vicissitude
apocalypse
sadness
sorrow
woe
disappointment
agony
injury
unhappiness
distress
unluckiness
knock
misery
whammy
pain
reverse
bummer
doom
wreck
grievous blow
sad event
downer
curse
hard knocks
heartbreak
bad fortune
waterloo
lot
dolor
humiliation
contretemps
serious accident
more ❯
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
failure
hard luck
debacle
casualty
disappointment
harm
cataclysm
unluckiness
lapse
unpleasantness
loss
infelicity
bad news
reverse of fortune
raw deal
defeat
hitch
check
rout
snag
nuisance
inconvenience
anxiety
annoyance
disadvantage
non-success
visitation
unluck
dole
car crash
slip
unfortunate incident
rotten break
hard cheese
hurt
downfall
breakdown
damage
frustration
failing
whammy
mischief
anguish
destruction
strain
evil
lack of success
malice
mishappening
bad trot
evil fortune
evil chance
bath
ill chance
miscalculation
unpredictable outcome
repulse
cruelty
vanquishment
conquering
turnabout
error
blunder
devil's own luck
faux pas
apocalypse
holocaust
emergency
blight
bale
bane
mishanter
undoing
stroke
crash
flood
farce
fall
abyss
depression
collapse
unfortunateness
haplessness
untowardness
shit show
hell in a handbasket
heavy blow
fell stroke
rough situation
act of God
way of the world
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
more ❯
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
fix
bind
hole
tight spot
tight corner
impasse
spot
distress
muddle
corner
exigency
pinch
stew
adversity
hardship
imbroglio
rabbit hole
box
cataclysm
rattrap
swamp
sticky wicket
hell on earth
hard times
ticklish situation
tinderbox
perplexity
jackpot
hell
depression
juncture
bad news
embarrassment
sorry condition
desperate straits
train wreck
fine kettle of fish
crunch
crossroads
head
clutch
conjuncture
Dunkirk
upheaval
turmoil
pass
urgency
blow
havoc
debacle
trauma
entanglement
puzzle
meltdown
mishap
disorder
pressure
drama
shambles
horror
zero hour
spot of trouble
worst-case scenario
boiling point
crunch time
double trouble
no-win situation
bit of bother
breaking point
car crash
flash point
danger
straits
comess
chaos
disarray
failure
issue
tension
vicissitude
stress
crash
collapse
situation
reversal
knot
crossroad
affliction
reverse
scourge
devastation
how-do-you-do
pretty kettle of fish
big trouble
turning point
hang-up
panic stations
apocalypse
with nowhere to turn
reversal of fortune
urgent situation
accident
botched situation
impediment
tangle
necessity
mare's nest
indigence
destitution
diffict situation
extreme suffering
squeeze
condition
unforeseen circumstances
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
contingency
duress
exigence
jeopardy
peril
imperilment
struggle
endangerment
frustration
oppression
rigor
US
pain
risk
misery
need
hitch
harm's way
snag
hazard
exertion
painfulness
a spot
labor
US
a stew
barricade
a hole
discouragement
harassment
a fix
a jam
rigour
UK
sweat
dead end
pushing poop uphill
hardness
labour
UK
up poop creak without a paddle
crux
asperity
deadlock
a scrape
a pickle
uphill battle
soup
ruin
blight
confusion
whammy
shock
monstrosity
serious problem
vicious circle
bomb
shipwreck
hot potato
disorderliness
stroke of ill luck
hassle
desolation
holocaust
trial
big problem
messiness
bust
catch-22
bother
mix-up
headache
catch
kettle of fish
worry
hindrance
complexity
burden
can of worms
double bind
complicated situation
obstacle
botheration
doubt
position
uncertainty
worriment
obstruction
hurdle
jumble
uphill
conflict
bewilderment
drawback
dispute
grievance
dog's breakfast
hard nut to crack
hot seat
cleft stick
snake pit
source of trouble
thorn in the flesh
bad situation
difficult choice
difficult problem
embarrassing situation
embarrassing problem
upset
stage
place
challenge
indecision
tight squeeze
poser
controversy
matter
involvement
facer
brouhaha
enmeshment
embroilment
nuisance
stalemate
snarl
snafu
mass of problems
between a rock and a hard place
Gordian knot
unpredictable situation
hornet's nest
troublesome problem
complex problem
Pandora's box
soap opera
pretty
state of things
state of affairs
hot spot
state of perplexity
state of uncertainty
delicate situation
a bad situation
bottleneck
a plight
a mess
a sorry condition
mystification
a predicament
a difficult situation
up a tree
question
a tight corner
a bind
habit
count
bugbear
downside
disagreement
choke point
negative aspect
point at issue
disputed point
suffering
pitfall
glitch
teething trouble
torment
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
sorrow
ordeal
disease
wretchedness
grief
hurt
excruciation
agony
travail
torture
rack
ills
clutter
drag
anguish
cross
cross to bear
disorganization
US
disarrangement
dishevelment
misorder
disorderedness
hash
ravel
scramble
muss
rough go
fankle
botch
heck
chance-medley
free-for-all
disorganisation
UK
mess and a half
confused state
rat's nest
pig's breakfast
ataxia
tumble
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