noun
a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation
was in a predicament, trying to decide whether or not to take the job
Synonyms: box, corner, deep water, dilemma, fix, hole, hot water, impasse, jam, pickle, plight, quagmire, scrape, soup, spot
Related Word: emergency, exigency, juncture, pass, pinch, strait; asperity, difficulty, hardness, hardship, rigor, vicissitude; Dutch, trouble; condition, posture, situation, state
Idioms: ||in a bind