Synonyms and related words :
bind, clutch, complication, crunch, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, hell to pay, hobble, hot water, 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, stew, strait, straits, swamp, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess