Synonyms for deep water
noun predicamentdifficulty
noun. problem; situation requiring great effort
- adversity
- arduousness
- awkwardness
- barricade
- check
- complication
- crisis
- crux
- dead end
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- distress
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- frustration
- hardship
- hazard
- hindrance
- hitch
- hot water
- impasse
- knot
- labor
- laboriousness
- mess
- misfortune
- muddle
- obstacle
- obstruction
- pain
- painfulness
- paradox
- perplexity
- pickle
- predicament
- quagmire
- quandary
- scrape
- snag
- stew
- strain
- strait
- strenuousness
- struggle
- stumbling block
- tribulation
- trouble
predicament
noun. difficult situation
- Catch-22
- asperity
- bad news
- bind
- circumstance
- clutch
- condition
- corner
- crisis
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- drag
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- hang-up
- hardship
- hole
- hot water
- imbroglio
- impasse
- jam
- juncture
- large order
- lot
- mess
- muddle
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- position
- posture
- puzzle
- quagmire
- quandary
- rigor
- rough go
- scrape
- soup
- spot
- state
- strait
- tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble
- vicissitude
predicaments
noun. difficult situation
- Catch-22
- asperity
- bad news
- bind
- circumstance
- clutch
- condition
- corner
- crisis
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- drag
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- hang-up
- hardship
- hole
- hot water
- imbroglio
- impasse
- jam
- juncture
- large order
- lot
- mess
- muddle
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- position
- posture
- puzzle
- quagmire
- quandary
- rigor
- rough go
- scrape
- soup
- spot
- state
- strait
- tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble
- vicissitude
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