n. Function: noun
a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation FF1C; was in a predicament, trying to decide whether or not to take the job FF1E;
Synonyms: box, corner, deep water, dilemma, fix, hole, hot water, impasse, jam, pickle, plight, quagmire, scrape, soup, spot
Related Words: emergency, exigency, juncture, pass, pinch, strait; asperity, difficulty, hardness, hardship, rigor, vicissitude; Dutch, trouble; condition, posture, situation, state
Idioms: ||in a bind