| posture(noun, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| straits(noun, trouble, difficulty, condition, want) |
| unholy mess(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, want) |
| vicissitude(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass) |
| adversity(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| asperity(noun, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| awkward situation(noun, expression, difficulty, confusion, shame) |
| bad luck(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, drag) |
| bad news(noun, expression, trouble, worry, difficulty) |
| bummer(noun, trouble, difficulty, drag, hardship) |
| calamity(noun, trouble, difficulty, disaster, catastrophe) |
| catastrophe(noun, trouble, change, difficulty, mess) |
| constraint(noun, fix, pass, distress, demand) |
| contingency(noun, trouble, change, fix, pass) |
| crossroad(noun, trouble, change, fix, pass) |
| deadlock(noun, trouble, change, difficulty, pain) |
| destitution(noun, trouble, difficulty, confusion, shame) |
| difficult situation(noun, expression, difficulty, mess, hardship) |
| disaster(noun, trouble, change, difficulty, mess) |
| discomfiture(noun, difficulty, confusion, shame, mess) |