| culmination(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| deadlock(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| deflation(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse) |
| dilemma(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| dire straits(noun, expression, trouble, change, mess) |
| disaster(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| dislocation(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump) |
| downturn(noun, drop, decline, decrease, collapse) |
| drop(noun, decline, failure, slump, slide) |
| economic decline(noun, expression, drop, decline, failure) |
| embarrassment(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| emergency(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| entanglement(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| exigency(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| extremity(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| failure(noun, drop, decline, slump, slide) |
| hard times(noun, expression, drop, decline, decrease) |
| height(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| hot potato(noun, expression, trouble, change, mess) |
| hour of decision(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, change) |