straits

English Thesaurus

1. a difficult juncture (noun.event)

hypernym	:	juncture, occasion,
definition	:	an event that occurs at a critical time (noun.event)

2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs (noun.state)

hypernym	:	situation,
definition	:	a complex or critical or unusual difficulty (noun.state)

hyponym	:	desperate straits, dire straits,
definition	:	a state of extreme distress (noun.state)