| circumstance(noun, difficulty, mess, jam, dilemma) |
| clog(noun, difficulty, problem, disadvantage, bug) |
| complexity |
| condition(noun, difficulty, mess, jam, dilemma) |
| contingency(noun, pass, stress, predicament, crunch) |
| curb(noun, difficulty, problem, disadvantage, bug) |
| deadlock(noun, difficulty, mess, jam, dilemma) |
| deep water(noun, expression, difficulty, mess, jam) |
| desperate straits |
| difficult position |
| dire straits |
| disadvantage(noun, difficulty, problem, bug, impediment) |
| discomfiture(noun, trouble, jam, predicament) |
| disorder(noun, difficulty, bind, plight) |
| distress(noun, fix, hole, jam, predicament) |
| double bind(noun, expression, predicament, scrape, quandary) |
| drawback(noun, difficulty, problem, disadvantage, bug) |
| emergency(noun, pass, difficulty, mess, stress) |
| entanglement |
| exigency(noun, pass, difficulty, mess, stress) |