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A state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement

Something that needs to be resolved

Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain

A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness

Inability to deal with or understand something

Something that causes one to doubt or feel uncertain

A mistake arising from or resulting in confusion

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

The situation or state of affairs

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Noun

A state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement

awkward situation

sticky situation

difficult situation

unfortunate situation

delicate situation

state of perplexity

state of uncertainty

tricky situation

no-win situation

tight situation

fine kettle of fish

critical situation

ticklish situation

problematic situation

pretty kettle of fish

sorry condition

desperate straits

complicated situation

spot of trouble

worst-case scenario

difficult choice

difficult position

with nowhere to turn

reversal of fortune

troublesome problem

hard nut to crack

unpredictable situation

complex problem

dog's breakfast

botched situation

damned if you do, damned if you don't

troublesome situation

diffict situation

between a rock and a hard place

mass of problems

worst that could happen

worst possible outcome

worst comes to worst

source of trouble

thorn in the flesh

urgent situation

unforeseen circumstances

stroke of ill luck

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“These boulders on a path near a York beauty spot have landed village leaders in a legal quandary following complaints from a disabled angler.”

Noun

Something that needs to be resolved

negative aspect

teething trouble

stumbling block

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

point of contention

matter of contention

difficult situation

thorn in one's side

thorn in the flesh

source of difficulty

source of trouble

stone in one's path

millstone around your neck

stumbling stone

small difficulty

psychological baggage

millstone round someone's neck

other side of the coin

mountain to climb

holding pattern

something wrong

joker in the pack

unpleasant aspect

piece of bad luck

kick in the teeth

stroke of bad luck

reversal of fortune

chink in the armor

chink in your armour

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Noun

Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain

unsolved problem

tough nut to crack

sixty-four-thousand-dollar question

sixty-four dollar question

difficult question

knotty question

tough proposition

inscrutableness

awkward problem

sixty-four thousand dollar question

anybody's guess

inextricability

hard nut to crack

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Noun

A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness

inconclusiveness

shilly-shallying

confusion dilemma

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

shillyshallying

second thoughts

lack of resolution

lack of certainty

sitting on the fence

faint-heartedness

procrastination

half-heartedness

hemming and hawing

questionableness

stalling for time

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

kicking the can down the road

delaying tactics

lack of enthusiasm

dragging your feet

unassertiveness

self-consciousness

lack of self-confidence

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Noun

Inability to deal with or understand something

discombobulation

incomprehension

head-scratching

lack of comprehension

misunderstanding

one for the books

dumbfoundedness

state of confusion

state of disorientation

state of bewilderment

mental unclarity

misapprehension

mental distress

misinterpretation

misconstruction

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

incredulousness

egg on one's face

apprehensiveness

flabbergastment

lack of understanding

inscrutableness

state of stupefaction

trancelike state

inconclusiveness

temporary insanity

temporary madness

state of agitation

bolt from the blue

state of perturbation

source of consternation

kick in the teeth

source of distress

a bolt out of the blue

source of amazement

a bolt from the blue

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Noun

Something that causes one to doubt or feel uncertain

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

lack of certainty

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

second thoughts

incredulousness

reconsideration

apprehensiveness

bone of contention

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Noun

A mistake arising from or resulting in confusion

misunderstanding

misinterpretation

underestimation

misapprehension

slip of the tongue

error of judgment

complicatedness

slip of the pen

breach of etiquette

putting foot in mouth

dumb thing to do

dropping the ball

typographical error

printer's error

failure to notice

disorganization^US

misconfiguration

disorganisation^UK

wrong configuration

poor configuration

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Noun

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

self-contradiction

contradiction in terms

reverse psychology

incongruousness

incompatibility

irreconcilability

lack of congruence

lack of harmony

contradistinction

paradoxical nature

inappropriateness

disproportionateness

lack of similarity

inharmoniousness

contradictoriness

polarisation^UK

polarization^US

irreconcilable difference

difference of opinion

lack of consistency

distinctiveness

differentiation

incomparability

wide area of difference

lack of concord

lack of agreement

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Noun

The situation or state of affairs

state of affairs

how things stand

lay of the land

set of circumstances

how things stack up

lie of the land

what's going on

way things shape up

how the land lies

set of conditions

state of things

course of events

series of developments

sequence of events

chain of events

current situation

existing conditions

present circumstances

existing condition

existing state of affairs

present state of affairs

station in life

current standpoint

current condition

current posture

current position

current state of affairs

full particulars

state of affair

current parameters

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