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dire straits
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Disastrous predicament
A condition of extreme adversity
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
tight corner
impasse
quagmire
mire
muddle
problem
tricky situation
corner
tribulation
awkward situation
tragedy
imbroglio
difficult situation
danger
rabbit hole
strait
misery
vicissitude
sad state
affliction
box
swamp
rattrap
critical situation
bad news
tight situation
ticklish situation
perplexity
sticky wicket
depression
fiasco
conundrum
pain
trauma
unfortunate situation
sorry condition
mishap
blow
torment
woe
trial
need
desperate straits
rigor
US
jackpot
hassle
embarrassment
rigour
UK
train wreck
fine kettle of fish
straits
accident
urgency
misadventure
meltdown
suffering
upheaval
turmoil
complication
havoc
debacle
entanglement
want
grief
issue
disorder
drama
puzzle
shambles
horror
double trouble
burden
hazard
hardness
asperity
wretchedness
situation
travails
worst-case scenario
tough luck
hard knocks
spot of trouble
no-win situation
problematic situation
bit of bother
reversal of fortune
car crash
struggle
pass
pressure
oppression
tension
privation
chaos
disarray
failure
crash
collapse
poverty
scourge
devastation
peril
apocalypse
austerity
ruin
penury
deprivation
shock
comess
stress
sorrow
discomfort
knot
grievance
beggary
labor
US
labour
UK
bad luck
lack
drag
ruination
downer
mischance
how-do-you-do
injury
worry
travail
ill-luck
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
discomfiture
soup
botched situation
troublesome situation
necessity
urgent situation
spectacle
persecution
worst that could happen
worst outcome
worst case
worst possible outcome
worst comes to worst
crossroad
squeeze
compulsion
push
climax
unforeseen circumstances
diffict situation
tangle
state
circumstances
condition
neediness
panic stations
commotion
fuss
incident
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
scene
disturbance
business
circumstance
occasion
melodrama
affair
adventure
row
trials
jeopardy
turning point
fracas
sensation
thrill
excitement
frustration
toil
drudgery
curse
mare's nest
impediment
farce
to-do
tear-jerker
fatigue
Herculean task
rainy day
financial distress
uphill battle
imperilment
heartache
heartbreak
case
torture
upset
endangerment
cross
exertion
painfulness
buffet
ill
contretemps
dolour
blight
confusion
whammy
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
barricade
discouragement
sweat
crux
deadlock
monstrosity
bomb
shipwreck
disorderliness
desolation
holocaust
messiness
bust
risk
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
concern
bother
disappointment
deep trouble
hindrance
nuisance
inconvenience
headache
difficulties
impoverishment
throe
unholy mess
hard time
ticklish spot
holy mess
moment of truth
point of no return
contingency
critical moment
decisive moment
stage
critical point
crisis point
defining moment
high noon
Catch-22
crucial moment
pivotal moment
culmination
critical mass
hour of decision
pivotal point
do or die time
climacteric
infliction
exigence
kettle of fish
Rubicon
imperativeness
posture
position
threshold
crucial point
watershed
peak
uphill
mix-up
end
bale
mishanter
crucial period
critical period
casualty
stroke
when push comes to shove
turn of the tide
critical juncture
critical stage
l
trouble spot
Dutch
dreadful thing
awful thing
terrible thing
connection
combination
hot spot
concurrence
demand
time
test
constraint
requirement
moment
point
acuteness
demandingness
needfulness
requisite
essential
wont
criticalness
pressingness
bad thing
equation
tight squeeze
lot
flashpoint
conclusion
emergency situation
potential crisis
duress
trying time
mass of problems
acme
situational problem
state of things
state of affairs
period
phase
large order
rough go
rubicon
deadline
vital moment
D-day
H-hour
countdown
appointed hour
target
appointed time
A-day
terminus
knife-edge
watershed moment
decisive point
tipping point
interval
status
instant
point in time
choice
brink
overextension
breakpoint
edge
limit
overstrain
wreck
alluvion
finale
upshot
curtains
waterloo
termination
fatality
denouement
danger level
high point
the Rubicon
irreversible momentum
sink or swim time
pretty
target day
jumping-off point
the time
start time
moment of decision
moment in time
match point
when it came to it
a bad situation
bottleneck
a plight
a mess
a sorry condition
bewilderment
mystification
a predicament
a difficult situation
snapping point
extreme tension
a tight corner
a bind
spreading too thin
verge of collapse
point of decision
landmark
choke point
milepost
milestone
bane
undoing
harm
slip
flood
fall
reverse of fortune
fell stroke
rough situation
act of God
hard luck
peripeteia
transition
hinge
crossing
change
twist
nexus
shift
pivot
cusp
axis
development
crucial occurrence
rising action
kairotic moment
race against time
obligation
responsibility
call
gravity
duty
commitment
desperation
force majeure
pressure of circumstance
force of circumstance
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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
affliction
pain
impairment
trauma
destruction
grief
misery
evil
distress
disability
anguish
cost
penalty
disfigurement
price
woe
toll
torment
ruin
cruelty
expense
drawback
insult
difficulty
undesirable consequences
adverse effects
outrage
sorrow
disablement
consequences
agony
worry
problem
injustice
vexation
torture
grievance
shock
marring
downside
wreckage
deterioration
evildoing
ramification
disfavor
US
ruination
vandalization
defacement
desecration
slight
breakage
disfavour
UK
mutilation
weight
deprivation
abuse
inequity
wound
unjustness
oppression
raw deal
wounding
incapacity
pangs
strain
disruption
malice
demerit
despite
undoing
knock
badness
agitation
incapacitation
maiming
pang
destitution
deaths
undesirable consequence
casualties
inroad
adverse effect
losses
dismembering
condition
ill luck
perdition
spoiling
illfare
handicap
liability
affront
ache
unkindness
heartbreak
diminishing
deficiency
complaint
defect
weakening
disorder
anxiety
heartache
unhappiness
burden
ordeal
wretchedness
bad turn
injuring
dismemberment
disfiguring
ill turn
unfairness
shaft
issue
brutality
horror
act of cruelty
excruciation
rack
bummer
curse
care
reverse
sadness
ill fortune
sense of loss
ills
cross to bear
downer
visitation
wronging
crucible
drag
albatross
travails
headache
kick in the teeth
complication
ruined goods
double whammy
stroke of bad luck
hard time
rainy day
hard knock
sin
crime
misdeed
devastation
trespass
violation
transgression
infringement
bad
immorality
infraction
iniquity
scarring
vandalism
defilement
shattering
vitiation
erosion
havoc
battering
attrition
crushing
wrecking
friction
bad deed
peccadillo
villainy
tort
error
debasement
abrasion
spoilage
detrition
corrosion
annihilation
degeneration
atrocity
unlawful act
bad act
illegal act
bad action
malefaction
malfeasance
corruption
depreciation
adulteration
infliction
waste
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
pollution
ruining
bane
disturbance
knockout
contamination
blemish
casualty
illness
ravage
bruise
cave-in
wear and tear
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