| Main Entry: | hot water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
Synonyms: |
bind, difficulty, hot spot, jam, mess, predicament, scrape, soup |
| Main Entry: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
Synonyms: |
bind, bother, concern, danger, deep trouble, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
Synonyms: |
between a rock and a hard place, crunch, difficulty, dilemma, hot water, no-win situation, nuisance, pickle, predicament, quandary, sticky situation, tight situation, tight spot |
| Main Entry: | can of worms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicated situation |
Synonyms: |
Gordian knot, Pandora's box, Pandora's box, complex problem, complexity, complication, difficult situation, difficulty, dog's breakfast, entanglement, hard nut to crack, headache, hornet's nest, hot water, hot water, mare's nest, mess, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, snafu, snake pit, snarl, trouble, troublesome problem, unpredictable situation |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem; situation requiring great effort |
Synonyms: |
adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, laboriousness, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew, strain, strait, strenuousness, struggle, stumbling block, tribulation, trouble |
Antonyms: |
calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
Synonyms: |
act of God, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fell stroke, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, hard luck, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, setback, slip, stroke, the worst, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout, woe |
Antonyms: |
blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hardship, adversity |
Synonyms: |
bad luck, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, crunch, destitution, difficulty, disaster, downer, drag*, exigency, hard knocks, hard time, holy mess, hot water, indigence, jam*, misfortune, need, pickle, pinch*, poverty, privation, rigor, rotten luck, scrape*, straits, throe, ticklish spot, tough break, tough luck, trial, trouble, unholy mess, vicissitude, want |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, miracle |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
Synonyms: |
awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness |
Antonyms: |
comfort, confidence |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult or ticklish situation |
Synonyms: |
box*, corner*, dilemma, embarrassment, hole*, hot water, jam*, mess*, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot* |
Antonyms: |
ease, good, peace |
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublesome situation |
Synonyms: |
bind, box, corner, difficulty, dilemma, fix, hole, hot water, pickle, plight, predicament, problem, quandary, scrape, spot, strait, trouble |
| Notes: | jam is a thick mixture made from fruit pulp and sugar; jelly is made from fruit juice boiled with sugar; preserves are fruit preserved whole or in large pieces and cooked with sugar; marmalade is boiled fruit pulp, rinds, and sugar |
Antonyms: |
benefit, boon |