| 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: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
Synonyms: |
box, difficulty, dilemma, distress, fix, hole, impasse, impediment, jam, knot, pickle, plight, scrape, tight spot |
| Main Entry: | pickle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sticky situation |
Synonyms: |
bind, box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, disorder, fix, hole*, hot water, jam*, predicament, quandary, scrape, spot*, tight spot |
Antonyms: |
boon, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
Synonyms: |
box*, clutch, contingency, crisis, crunch, difficulty, emergency, exigency, hardship, juncture, necessity, oppression, pass, plight, pressure, strait, stress, tight spot, tight squeeze, turning point*, zero hour |
Antonyms: |
advantage, blessing, good fortune |
| Main Entry: | scrape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad or embarrassing situation |
Synonyms: |
awkward situation, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, embarrassment, fix*, hole*, jam*, mess*, pickle, plight, predicament, tight spot, trouble |
Antonyms: |
resolution, solution |
| Main Entry: | snag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication in situation |
Synonyms: |
Catch-22, bar, barrier, blockade, brake, bug*, catch, clog, crimp, cropper, crunch, curb, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, fix*, glitch, hamper, hitch, holdup, hole*, hurdle, impediment, inconvenience, knot, obstacle, obstruction, pickle, problem, puzzler, scrape, spot, stumbling block, the rub, tight spot |
Antonyms: |
advantage, convenience |
| Main Entry: | difficult situation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touchy situation |
Synonyms: |
sticky wicket, tight spot |