Synonyms and related words :
Dutch, Old Faithful, bind, boiling water, box, clutch, complication, corner, crunch, deep, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, geyser, hell to pay, hobble, hot spring, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, jam, mess, mix, morass, parlous straits, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand, scrape, slough, spot, squeeze, steam, stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, swamp, thermae, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess, vapor