| Main Entry: | hot spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
Synonyms: |
Catch-22, Dutch, asperity, bad news, bind*, box*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, fix*, hang-up, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam*, juncture, l |
| Main Entry: | cabaret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nightclub with musical performances |
Synonyms: |
after-hours joint, bar, café, disco, discothèque, dive, hideaway, hot spot, night spot, nightery, speakeasy, supper club, tavern, watering hole |
| Main Entry: | disaster area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area affected by a general disaster |
Synonyms: |
area of devastation, chaos, confusion, crisis zone, desolation, disaster relief area, earthquake zone, emergency area, flood zone, havoc, hot spot, path of destruction, scene of destruction, storm center, war zone |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning |
Synonyms: |
blaze, bonfire, campfire, charring, coals, combustion, conflagration, devouring, element, embers, flame and smoke, flames, flare, glow, hearth, heat, holocaust, hot spot, incandescence, inferno, luminosity, oxidation, phlogiston, pyre, rapid oxidation, scintillation, scorching, sea of flames, searing, sparks, tinder, up in smoke, warmth |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something in vogue; popular notion |
Synonyms: |
caprice, chic, conceit, craze, crotchet, cry, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fashion, freak, furor, happening, hot spot, in, in-spot, in-thing, last word, latest, latest thing, latest wrinkle, mania, mode, newest wrinkle, now*, passion, style, thing*, up to the minute, vagary, whim |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Main Entry: | hot seat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | painful or difficult situation |
Synonyms: |
hot spot, powder keg, spot, sticky wicket |
| Main Entry: | sticky wicket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
Synonyms: |
difficult problem, embarrassing problem, embarrassing situation, hot seat, hot spot, jam, squeeze, tricky situation |
| Main Entry: | trouble spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | volatile situation |
Synonyms: |
hornet's nest, hot spot, hotbed, plague spot, possible difficulty, source of trouble, time bomb, war zone |
| Main Entry: | war zone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of warring |
Synonyms: |
battle zone, combat area, combat zone, hot spot, seat of war, theater, theater of operations, theater of war, trouble spot |
| Main Entry: | hot water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
Synonyms: |
bind, difficulty, hot spot, jam, mess, predicament, scrape, soup |