| puzzle(noun, fix, difficulty, uncertainty, embarrassment) |
| rotten luck(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| ruin(noun, disaster, catastrophe, upheaval, deluge) |
| scrape(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| spot(noun, trouble, fix, difficulty, condition) |
| state(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| strait(noun, fix, difficulty, uncertainty, embarrassment) |
| straits(noun, trouble, distress, condition, predicament) |
| ticklish spot(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| tight situation(noun, expression, trouble, distress, condition) |
| torrent(noun, disaster, catastrophe, upheaval, deluge) |
| tough break(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| tough luck(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| tragedy(noun, disaster, catastrophe, upheaval, deluge) |
| trouble(noun, condition, danger, predicament, dilemma) |
| underdevelopment(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| unholy mess(noun, expression, distress, disaster, catastrophe) |
| up a tree(noun, expression, idiom, fix, difficulty) |
| upheaval(noun, disaster, catastrophe, deluge) |
| waterloo(noun, disaster, catastrophe, upheaval, deluge) |