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Disastrous predicament
A condition of extreme adversity
Trouble
An event or action that causes pain or suffering
Noun
▲
Disastrous predicament
difficulties
hardship
hock
straits
desperate straits
want
penury
poverty
need
pauperism
destitution
impecuniousness
indigence
distress
impoverishment
neediness
privation
ruin
ruination
beggary
pennilessness
insolvency
necessity
impecuniosity
vagrancy
penuriousness
destituteness
poorness
pauperdom
mendicancy
reduced circumstances
straitened circumstances
bankruptcy
deprivation
disadvantage
financial distress
hand-to-mouth existence
indigency
narrow circumstances
administration
debt
mendicity
indebtedness
liquidation
receivership
begging
wretchedness
financial ruin
primary poverty
extreme poverty
dire poverty
misery
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
▲
A condition of extreme adversity
extremity
crisis
emergency
trouble
disaster
hardship
adversity
difficulty
exigency
plight
setback
calamity
catastrophe
distress
misfortune
cataclysm
destitution
dilemma
indigence
mess
predicament
reversal
reverse
bind
clutch
conjuncture
crossroads
crunch
Dunkirk
fix
hard times
head
hole
jam
juncture
pickle
pinch
scrape
spot
stew
tinderbox
hell
boiling point
breaking point
crunch time
flash point
sticky situation
zero hour
deep water
extreme suffering
hot water
hell on earth
spot of bother
quandary
tight spot
impasse
tight corner
quagmire
mire
muddle
tricky situation
tribulation
corner
problem
awkward situation
tragedy
imbroglio
difficult situation
rabbit hole
strait
misery
vicissitude
affliction
box
rattrap
swamp
critical situation
danger
ticklish situation
sad state
tight situation
sticky wicket
depression
perplexity
fiasco
conundrum
trauma
mishap
blow
trial
need
desperate straits
rigor
US
jackpot
hassle
embarrassment
rigour
UK
unfortunate situation
bad news
sorry condition
train wreck
fine kettle of fish
accident
urgency
misadventure
meltdown
suffering
upheaval
turmoil
complication
havoc
debacle
entanglement
want
pain
issue
disorder
drama
shambles
straits
horror
puzzle
burden
torment
woe
hazard
hardness
asperity
wretchedness
travails
worst-case scenario
tough luck
hard knocks
spot of trouble
double trouble
no-win situation
problematic situation
bit of bother
reversal of fortune
car crash
pass
pressure
oppression
tension
privation
chaos
disarray
failure
situation
crash
collapse
poverty
scourge
devastation
peril
apocalypse
austerity
ruin
penury
deprivation
shock
knot
grief
stress
sorrow
discomfort
grievance
beggary
labor
US
labour
UK
comess
bad luck
lack
drag
ruination
downer
mischance
injury
worry
travail
ill-luck
how-do-you-do
pretty kettle of fish
tough break
big trouble
hang-up
can of worms
trials and tribulations
stroke of ill luck
bummer
ill luck
with nowhere to turn
rotten luck
ill-fortune
condition
state
case
discomfiture
circumstances
botched situation
impediment
tangle
mare's nest
necessity
diffict situation
troublesome situation
urgent situation
spectacle
persecution
worst that could happen
worst outcome
worst case
worst possible outcome
worst comes to worst
neediness
crossroad
squeeze
compulsion
push
climax
unforeseen circumstances
soup
commotion
fuss
incident
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
panic stations
scene
disturbance
business
circumstance
occasion
melodrama
affair
adventure
row
trials
fracas
sensation
thrill
excitement
toil
drudgery
curse
turning point
farce
to-do
tear-jerker
fatigue
Herculean task
rainy day
financial distress
uphill battle
struggle
heartache
heartbreak
torture
upset
jeopardy
frustration
cross
buffet
ill
contretemps
dolour
imperilment
pain in the backside
poison
pain in the rear
evil eye
the worst
knock
pain in the neck
hurting
stroke of bad luck
pain in the bum
kiss of death
harsh conditions
nakba
tough situation
jinx
bad break
ill fortune
skids
exertion
painfulness
endangerment
barricade
discouragement
sweat
crux
deadlock
risk
blight
confusion
whammy
monstrosity
bomb
shipwreck
disorderliness
desolation
holocaust
messiness
bust
harassment
harm's way
a spot
a stew
a hole
a fix
a jam
dead end
a scrape
a pickle
vicious circle
hot potato
heavy blow
loss
dependency
dependence
difficulties
impoverishment
throe
unholy mess
hard time
ticklish spot
holy mess
catch-22
kettle of fish
mix-up
bother
double bind
conflict
hot spot
morass
complexity
catch
web
matter
pitfall
puzzlement
controversy
net
jumble
facer
mesh
snarl
uncertainty
snag
skein
position
contingency
bad situation
cleft stick
l
trouble spot
Dutch
difficult choice
mass of problems
involvement
cul-de-sac
bottleneck
cessation
pause
rest
uphill
stage
trap
equation
emergency situation
potential crisis
damned if you do, damned if you don't
situational problem
indecision
toughy
toughie
poser
lose-lose
between a rock and a hard place
nuisance
snare
place
difficult problem
embarrassing situation
hot seat
embarrassing problem
state of things
state of affairs
brouhaha
enmeshment
embroilment
stalemate
bewilderment
thorn in the flesh
source of trouble
tanglement
doubt
hiccup
Gordian knot
katzenjammer
gremlin
fly in the ointment
rub
hornets' nest
nodus
prob
stumbling block
complicated situation
meshes
quicksand
intricacy
noose
soap opera
state of perplexity
state of uncertainty
delicate situation
up a tree
jungle
maze
clutter
demand
rough go
labyrinth
constraint
requirement
acuteness
demandingness
focus
question
subject
matter of contention
enigma
stumper
concern
hitch
interest
contention
subject matter
theme
point of contention
argument
topic
point
challenge
needfulness
requisite
essential
imperativeness
wont
criticalness
pressingness
strain
duress
exigence
problems
pains
awkwardness
strenuousness
strife
laboriousness
arduousness
aggravation
struggling
ado
anxiety
hangup
annoyance
irritation
mental burden
inconvenience
weight
bafflement
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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
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
wrong
accident
bad luck
blow
bother
calamity
cataclysm
commotion
hassle
hitch
mischance
mishappening
snag
tumult
bad break
bad news
boo-boo
disservice
hard luck
hot water
ill
ill-treatment
offence
UK
offense
US
persecution
prejudice
rotten luck
tough luck
disbenefit
mischief
straits
travail
injury
pain
affliction
misery
distress
anguish
torment
woe
grief
agony
trauma
torture
difficulty
sorrow
excruciation
rack
cost
evil
penalty
problem
impairment
price
destruction
toll
ordeal
wretchedness
cruelty
expense
drawback
burden
insult
undesirable consequences
adverse effects
cross to bear
consequences
worry
ruin
injustice
disability
vexation
grievance
shock
sadness
reverse
unhappiness
heartache
downside
ills
evildoing
strait
ramification
heartbreak
disfavor
US
curse
slight
disfavour
UK
weight
headache
drag
inequity
unjustness
outrage
oppression
stroke of bad luck
raw deal
strain
pangs
malice
knock
disruption
disease
vicissitude
badness
agitation
incapacitation
ill luck
discomfort
pang
undoing
hurting
demerit
despite
crux
condition
plight
cross
destitution
deaths
undesirable consequence
casualties
inroad
adverse effect
losses
angst
dolour
affront
ache
martyrdom
hell
dolor
stress
perdition
marring
spoiling
illfare
handicap
liability
passion
wound
deprivation
hell on earth
unkindness
sense of loss
bad turn
brutality
horror
act of cruelty
ill turn
unfairness
shaft
complication
kick in the teeth
anxiety
issue
bummer
albatross
downer
sin
crime
visitation
travails
crucible
care
wronging
misdeed
ill fortune
hard time
trespass
violation
transgression
infringement
rainy day
double whammy
hard knock
bad
abuse
immorality
infraction
iniquity
bad deed
peccadillo
villainy
tort
error
atrocity
unlawful act
bad act
illegal act
bad action
malefaction
malfeasance
discourtesy
bias
misdemeanour
UK
misdoing
mistake
malevolence
unjust act
turpitude
inhumanity
misdemeanor
US
slander
foul play
faux pas
spite
delinquency
imposition
indecency
libel
blunder
miscarriage
disappointment
upset
contretemps
casualty
reversal
crisis
whammy
scourge
upheaval
annoyance
collapse
crunch
reverse of fortune
car crash
apocalypse
crash
reversal of fortune
defeat
blight
unluckiness
fiasco
hard times
downfall
nuisance
dole
emergency
devastation
check
wreck
lapse
comedown
unluck
meltdown
ruination
haplessness
bale
bane
holocaust
waterloo
havoc
glitch
mess
the worst
buffet
humiliation
drama
jam
exigency
down
slip
bitter pill
hold-up
letdown
stroke of ill luck
unfortunateness
curtains
untowardness
disturbance
mishanter
predicament
dilemma
frustration
doom
quandary
fall
mire
quagmire
disorder
conundrum
turmoil
discouragement
bind
pickle
flop
imbroglio
impasse
entanglement
perplexity
shambles
muddle
delay
depression
hiccup
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
no-win situation
knock-back
train wreck
tricky situation
tight situation
difficult situation
plague
jolt
dissatisfaction
bad thing
rigor
US
rout
decline
nemesis
desolation
disgruntlement
abyss
aggravation
nakba
non-success
evil fortune
evil chance
rigour
UK
embarrassment
hazard
poison
descent
bath
mortification
extremity
nightmare
total
pileup
smashup
discomfiture
dud
smash
demise
holy mess
unholy mess
trials and tribulations
bust
pinch
dismay
washout
hole
chaos
disarray
severe test
trying time
obstacle
shame
flameout
confusion
ill-fortune
fix
act of God
stack-up
crack-up
fender-bender
wrack-up
shipwreck
hindrance
impediment
tough break
farce
bomb
obstruction
demotion
downgrading
balk
US
chagrin
holdup
disgrace
heavy blow
sad event
double trouble
piece of bad luck
damp squib
baulk
UK
hard knocks
worst-case scenario
bad experience
loss of status
stumbling block
dreadful thing
awful thing
terrible thing
test
convulsion
jar
pest
hardshi
downturn
cancer
mischanter
failing
flooding
canker
fire
catastrophy
breakdown
rotten break
contingency
devil's own luck
hard cheese
derangement
outburst
traumatization
pestilence
botched situation
gauntlet
spectacle
devastating blow
gantlet
privation
need
penury
poverty
want
squalor
blue ruin
calvary
stroke
unpredictable outcome
ill chance
crucifixion
incident
fuss
indigence
sordidness
flood
lack of success
business
circumstance
occasion
adventure
row
scene
tension
melodrama
affair
collision
asperity
hardness
lot
thrill
fracas
sensation
excitement
danger
clutch
jinx
skids
shit show
fell stroke
rough situation
casus
befalling
rear ender
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
humbling
belittlement
crimp
trammel
inefficacy
spanner in the works
catch-22
block
fly in the ointment
monkey wrench
cramp
bafflement
cropper
degradation
dive
loss of face
lowering
reality check
comeuppance
pratfall
reduction
overthrow
let-down
fizzle
miss
lemon
clunker
turkey
disillusionment
anticlimax
irritation
displeasure
unseating
deposition
ousting
vanquishing
conquest
toppling
loser
fail
overturn
end
spleen
elimination
debasement
annihilation
disquiet
death
clinker
rebuff
Waterloo
labefaction
discomposure
bringdown
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
fretfulness
pique
crossness
exasperation
bad trot
anger
resentment
wrath
fury
rage
discontent
indignation
umbrage
smarting
rankling
stew
ire
peevishness
ill-humour
loss of success
pass
tinderbox
pressure
urgency
scrape
messiness
puzzle
monstrosity
situation
disorderliness
ill-humor
crushing
vicious circle
hot potato
rabbit hole
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