| plight(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| predicament(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| pressure(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| puzzle(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| quandary(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| situation(noun, trouble, change, mess, pressure) |
| stew(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| strait(noun, trouble, change, twist, mess) |
| trauma(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| trial(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| trouble(noun, change, mess, situation, pressure) |
| urgency(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| calamity(noun, disaster, catastrophe, predicament, emergency) |
| critical mass(noun, point) |
| critical point(noun, moment) |
| crossroads(noun, moment) |
| death knell |
| decisive moment(noun, moment) |
| decisive point |
| knife-edge |