predicament
I
noun
adverse circumstances, adversity, angustiae, barrier, case, circumstance, complication, condition, conjuncture, corner, crisis, critical situation, danger, dangerous condition, difficultas, difficulty, dilemma, embarrassing position, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, fix, hole, imbroglio, impasse, impediment, intricacy, jeopardy, mess, misfortune, obstacle, obstruction, occurrence, pass, perplexity, pinch, plight, position, posture, precariousness, pressure, quandary, scrape, situation, sorry plight, state, straits, tight situation, tight spot, trial, trouble, trying situation
II
index
case (set of circumstances), complication, condition (state), confusion (ambiguity), deadlock, dilemma, emergency, entanglement (involvement), imbroglio, impasse, occurrence, peril, pitfall, plight, position (situation), posture (situation), problem, quagmire, quandary, situation, state (condition)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006