| deadlock(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| debate(noun, difficulty, controversy) |
| dilemma(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| dire straits(noun, expression, trouble, change, mess) |
| disaster(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| double trouble(noun, expression, uncertainty, hazard, danger) |
| dynamite(noun, uncertainty, risk, hazard, danger) |
| embarrassment(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| emergency(noun, trouble, change, uncertainty, mess) |
| endangerment(noun, uncertainty, risk, hazard, danger) |
| entanglement(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| exigency(noun, trouble, change, uncertainty, mess) |
| exposure(noun, uncertainty, risk, hazard, peril) |
| extremity(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| fuss(noun, uproar) |
| grist for the gossip mill(noun, expression, idiom, difficulty, controversy) |
| hazard(noun, uncertainty, risk, danger, exposure) |
| height(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| hour of decision(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, change) |
| imbroglio(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |