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Noun
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The characteristic of being needy
neediness
destitution
want
need
poverty
impoverishment
penury
indigence
pauperism
beggary
impecuniousness
privation
impecuniosity
destituteness
poorness
necessity
penuriousness
pennilessness
distress
hardship
insolvency
bankruptcy
deprivation
scarcity
lack
shortage
deficiency
famine
paucity
insufficiency
inadequacy
debt
meagerness
depletion
starvation
difficulty
necessitousness
underdevelopment
abjection
dearth
barrenness
deficit
aridity
emptiness
exiguity
pinch
pass
reduction
vacancy
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Noun
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Excruciating pain
excruciation
pain
misery
agony
distress
torment
anguish
torture
affliction
woe
tribulation
travail
hurt
rack
suffering
grief
wretchedness
hardship
sorrow
heartache
trouble
heartbreak
unhappiness
trial
worry
misfortune
dolor
anxiety
adversity
sadness
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Noun
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A problematic situation that is difficult or impossible to escape
mire
predicament
difficulty
jam
mess
plight
dilemma
emergency
trouble
fix
pickle
spot
hole
muddle
problem
quandary
bind
box
complication
confusion
corner
entanglement
imbroglio
impasse
jackpot
mix-up
quagmire
rattrap
stew
swamp
scrape
tight corner
mass of problems
rabbit hole
sticky wicket
tight spot
hot water
fine kettle of fish
pretty kettle of fish
more ❯
Noun
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Difficult or tangled situations
problems
holes
jams
cruxes
knots
mires
pitfalls
quagmires
spots
tangles
toughies
misadventures
mishaps
deep water
matters
muddles
cases
corners
facers
fixes
flies in the ointment
Gordian knots
gremlins
hiccups
hornets' nests
how-do-you-dos
katzenjammers
mix-ups
puzzlements
stumbling blocks
tight spots
nodi
probs
rubs
matter
misadventure
jam
puzzlement
Noun
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A narrow part of a strait, river, or current
narrows
channel
sound
passage
strait
gulf
neck
waterway
sea passage
inlet
arm
stretch of water
fjord
creek
firth
bay
branch
estuary
voe
canal
arm of the sea
route
cove
bight
loch
entrance
fiord
embayment
ingress
rivulet
stream
brook
tributary
sea loch
narrow body of water
Noun
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Plural for used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty
difficulty
crises
distress
emergencies
holes
messes
passes
dilemmas
embarrassment
hardship
plights
predicaments
trouble
uphills
extremities
perplexity
pretties
bewilderments
binds
bottlenecks
contingency
crossroads
deep water
exigencies
hot water
mystification
pinches
rigoursUK
rigorUS
squeezes
vicissitudes
turning points
zero hours
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Noun
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Plural for a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water
channels
narrows
sound
inlets
necks
kyles
canals
passages
arms
waterways
creeks
estuaries
firths
gulfs
fjords
bays
voes
bights
embayments
entrance
coves
ingresses
sea lochs
lochs
fiords
branches
harboursUK
rias
basins
harborsUS
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“They glided over the narrow strait of turbulent ocean water that made the island look like it had been cut in half with a steak knife.”
Noun
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Plural for critical juncture
turning points
climacterics
watersheds
landmarks
climaxes
corners
crises
crossroads
mileposts
milestones
axes
changes
contingency
crossings
crunches
cruxes
culmination
cusps
development
emergencies
exigencies
hinges
junctures
nexuses
passes
peaks
peripeteias
pinches
pivots
shift
transition
twists
critical mass
critical periods
critical points
defining moments
high noons
moments of truth
rising actions
zero hours
races against time
points of no return
Noun
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Plural for a main road in a town
thoroughfares
roads
streets
ways
avenues
roadways
boulevards
arteries
highways
expressways
freeways
turnpikes
high roads
pikes
autoroutes
broadways
clearways
main roads
motorways
parkways
arterials
autostradas
carriageways
crossways
drag
drives
passes
routes
rows
throughways
thruways
trace
A roads
arterial roads
dual carriageways
interstates
passageways
superhighways
trunk roads
autobahns
causeways
channels
lanes
paths
waterways
main drags
access roads
Noun
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Plural for something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain
riddles
conundrums
puzzles
enigmas
mystery
problems
questions
brain-teasers
posers
secret
teasers
head-scratchers
mystification
puzzlement
quandaries
stumpers
whys
koans
paradoxes
rebuses
bewilderments
brainteasers
challenges
charades
closed books
complexity
complication
confusion
cryptograms
dilemmas
distraction
doubt
embarrassment
entanglement
intricacy
labyrinths
mazes
mind-bogglers
perplexity
plights
predicaments
sticklers
twisters
Chinese puzzles
tough nuts to crack
Noun
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Plural for a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness
embarrassment
discomfiture
awkwardness
mortification
shame
unease
discomfort
distress
humiliation
bashfulness
chagrin
confusion
discomposure
uneasiness
edginess
shyness
abashment
disconcertment
ignominy
perturbation
sheepishness
agitation
blushings
clumsiness
complexity
destitution
disconcertion
hitches
impecuniosity
indebtedness
indiscretion
mistakes
pinches
poverty
puzzles
snags
stew
tangles
timidity
faux pas
hot seats
hot water
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