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Noun
▲
The state or quality of being poor or destitute
impoverishment
destitution
poverty
want
need
penury
indigence
neediness
beggary
pauperism
impecuniousness
privation
destituteness
impecuniosity
poorness
necessity
penuriousness
insolvency
hardship
deprivation
bankruptcy
pennilessness
distress
lack
scarcity
famine
ruin
shortage
deficiency
debt
paucity
insufficiency
inadequacy
difficulty
meagerness
depletion
starvation
disadvantage
necessitousness
underdevelopment
abjection
failure
dearth
pinch
barrenness
deficit
aridity
emptiness
exiguity
pass
reduction
vacancy
ruination
mendicancy
reduced circumstances
difficulties
vagrancy
dire straits
mendicity
liquidation
extreme poverty
dire poverty
administration
indebtedness
austerity
receivership
financial distress
financial ruin
decline
scantness
pauperization
extremity
indigency
scantiness
sparseness
narrow circumstances
begging
wretchedness
drought
scarceness
weakness
enervation
enfeeblement
debilitation
misery
utter poverty
life on the breadline
collapse
folding
decay
downfall
stalemate
rupture
wreck
loss
flop
bungle
misstep
frustration
nonsuccess
turkey
failing
defeat
washout
fiasco
nonperformance
abortion
bomb
misadventure
rout
checkmate
breakdown
mess
implosion
lemon
stoppage
bust
loser
miscarriage
deterioration
botch
overthrow
total loss
false step
faux pas
sinking ship
lead balloon
flash in the pan
more ❯
Noun
▲
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
agitation
unease
nervousness
apprehension
fear
strain
exasperation
chagrin
apprehensiveness
disturbance
concernment
aggravation
discontent
frustration
anxiousness
alarm
nervosity
trepidation
agita
restlessness
fretfulness
solicitude
misgiving
botheration
dissatisfaction
sweat
discomposure
foreboding
displeasure
dread
disconsolation
anger
peeve
confusion
tension
consternation
bugbear
irk
unrest
fuss
resentment
disorder
heavy-heartedness
painfulness
inquietude
complaint
discomfiture
indignation
turmoil
disconcertment
ruffle
disgruntlement
thorn
umbrage
heaviness of heart
lament
broken-heartedness
blue funk
awkwardness
pique
fluster
disconcertion
weariness
dismals
panic
pressure
doubt
remorse
abjection
uncertainty
fearfulness
gripe
discontentment
upheaval
evil
Weltschmerz
fright
sting
catatonia
palaver
rigmarole
aggro
moan
grumble
woefulness
protest
whinge
objection
down
beef
illness
grouse
abjectness
tenseness
dislike
distraction
whine
affront
destruction
blahs
quibble
disruption
wound
grouch
kvetch
devastation
the blues
yammer
holler
ire
cavil
nastiness
jitteriness
carp
bleat
crossness
ruin
disaffection
butterflies
acrimony
blight
stab
disgust
discontentedness
poignancy
death
willies
jitters
shakes
jumps
cramp
indisposition
heebie-jeebies
jolt
mistrust
uphill
dysphoria
bleakness
dismalness
rub
anhedonia
ennui
pip
pensiveness
dullness
qualm
hair shirt
strife
groan
abashment
the dumps
problems
spleen
aversion
flusteredness
humiliation
derangement
fury
rage
wrath
traumatization
suspicion
edginess
nerves
aching
sullenness
disenchantment
regard
outrage
ailment
disapproval
burdens
spasm
disfavourUK
dubiety
smarting
smart
menace
ferment
paroxysm
disfavorUS
relevance
relation
bedevilment
prick
malady
distaste
twitchiness
intensity
disapprobation
hindrance
suspense
tingle
plaint
disrelish
throb
drawback
wail
squawk
whimper
niggle
murmur
miserere
tizzy
flurry
tearfulness
malcontent
malcontentment
pestilence
watchfulness
teasing
flap
nervous tension
creeps
fidgets
shivers
megrim
hang-up
nail-biting
saturninity
knock
ill-humor
heaviness
morbidity
all-overs
lowness
mopery
righteous anger
pins and needles
infuriation
abasement
weeping
heavyheartedness
cold sweat
goose bumps
irascibility
the hump
bite
ants in pants
the mopes
bellyache
slough of despond
discord
neurosis
complexity
trickiness
bewilderment
disorientation
pining
repining
discombobulation
storm
ruth
mid-life crisis
qualms
bale
dejectedness
outburst
collapse
scare
needles
enervation
lassitude
insult
solicitousness
rankling
start
dispossession
messiness
scruple
negativity
mirthlessness
lugubriousness
excitement
presentiment
slight
demands
repentance
downcastness
restiveness
disregard
peevishness
ill-humour
languor
ailments
harsh conditions
loss of face
fiasco
stimulation
clamourUK
outcry
defeat
shake-up
surprise
disarray
sense of foreboding
punishment
harrying
duress
malice
extreme upset
baulkUK
crushing
balkUS
importunity
pains
spasms
arousal
lather
disability
debility
feebleness
harshness
shoot
wrench
turbulence
job
reversion
dislocation
queasiness
disinclination
flutter
querulousness
disliking
jealousy
heartburn
overextension
envy
distention
heat
boredom
urgency
a low
bugging
butterflies in the stomach
lack of comfort
gall
irksomeness
exertions
incitement
bore
bind
comedown
drama
dysthymia
contamination
shooting pain
gnawing
disillusionment
turn-up
subversion
weltschmerz
decrepitude
sickliness
unhealthiness
infirmness
pet peeve
fair cow
expectancy
impatience
megrims
low
pantomime
performance
nemesis
bête noire
clamorUS
rocking
mixing
pollution
yips
abdabs
bothering
prickle
fit
stabs
convulsions
retribution
dud
responsibility
vapoursUK
hump
lugubriosity
troubles
vaporsUS
attention
somberness
desperateness
bellyaching
griping
cramps
pinching
toughness
unkindness
severity
hardness
grimness
relentlessness
collywobbles
gnawer
teaser
nudnik
gadfly
nudnick
annoyer
tease
schmo
persecutor
nark
nyaff
skelf
bitter pill
bête noir
downfall
endogenous depression
reactive depression
clinical depression
postnatal depression
sharp pain
turn
mope
dourness
sulks
consideration
tizzy, tizz
nervous excitement
jim-jams
awfulness
issues
sad event
corruption
canker
thorny problem
molestation
nudge
song and dance
beefing
colic
stomachache
grouching
whingeing
undoing
mubblefubbles
mulligrubs
vengeance
infliction
penalty
heed
crick
disillusion
cancer
fungus
mildew
contagion
unfitness
unwieldiness
downside
bad experience
interest
screaming abdabs
disagreeableness
unfulfilment
dilemma
task
pathos
pressure of work
infestation
unsuitableness
nuisance value
untimeliness
unhandiness
cumbersomeness
low-spiritedness
carefulness
blessing
benefit
pestering
fatal attraction
row
pitfall
being bummed
blue Johnnies
the dismals
dump
eyesore
withering
sight
incommode
troublesomeness
tiresomeness
bothersomeness
inopportuneness
criticism
mental pressure
mordancy
acidity
asperity
vitriol
cattiness
acridity
corrosiveness
bile
virulency
virulence
tartness
acidness
acridness
puzzle
sense of loss
protestation
charge
grudge
heedfulness
piteousness
put out
score
rancourUK
blot on the landscape
tenderness
pitifulness
feeling
sentiment
emotion
bearing
hard feeling
ill feeling
bad feeling
cut
rap
ax to grind
rancorUS
violence
big stink
yell
kick
cause of distress
bone to pick
case
hoo-ha
axe to grind
flack
crow to pluck
blast
chip on your shoulder
infringement
howl
jeremiad
roar
stink
rumble
interestedness
grievousness
sarcasm
cynicism
gash
sore
slash
evocativeness
plaintiveness
emotionalism
birse
lividity
angriness
mood
furorUS
wrathfulness
mad
madness
lividness
irateness
choler
tender loving care
immolation
killing
sacrifice
martyrization
scratch
abrasion
bruise
lesion
scorn
huff
rise
miff
animus
danger
agonizingUS
burning
self-immolation
endurance
slaughter
execution
self-sacrifice
devotion
unselfishness
nostalgia
expressiveness
sentimentality
hate
slow burn
furoreUK
tear
rent
gouge
graze
agonisingUK
ritual murder
putting to death
burning at the stake
boiling point
contusion
ouch
hemorrhageUS
burn
sprain
fracture
blemish
deformation
bad
chop
scar
mutilation
swelling
slander
nick
libel
haemorrhageUK
more ❯
Noun
▲
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
▲
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
▲
A narrow part of a strait, river, or current
narrows
channel
sound
passage
strait
gulf
neck
waterway
sea passage
arm
stretch of water
inlet
fjord
creek
firth
bay
estuary
branch
voe
arm of the sea
route
main
canal
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
more ❯
Noun
▲
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
more ❯
“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
▲
Plural for the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body
necks
napes
cervixes
channels
narrows
scruff
sound
halses
scrags
capes
collars
isthmuses
Noun
▲
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
▲
Plural for position
loci
arrangements
attitude
ballgames
bearings
carriage
conditions
deportments
dispositions
emplacements
form
habits
locations
manners
mien
passes
placement
plights
port
poses
predicaments
sites
situations
spots
stands
states
statuses
cases
states of affairs
positions
Noun
▲
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
B roads
dual carriageways
interstates
passageways
superhighways
trunk roads
causeways
channels
lanes
paths
waterways
main drags
access roads
Noun
▲
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
▲
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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