WordNet: situation

a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

• hypernym difficulty

• hyponym conflict of interest

• hyponym crisis

• hyponym crunch

• hyponym hornet's nest, hornets' nest

• hyponym hot potato

• hyponym how-d'ye-do, how-do-you-do

• hyponym embroilment, imbroglio

• hyponym Mexican standoff

• hyponym incubus, nightmare

• hyponym no-win situation

• hyponym pass, strait, straits

• hyponym purgatory

• hyponym swamp

• hyponym ticking bomb, time bomb

• hyponym tinderbox

• hyponym urgency

• hyponym dead end, deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill

• hyponym quicksand

situation

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