Thesaurus:in trouble
English
Adjective
Sense: in a difficult situation
Synonyms
- buggered (vulgar, slang)
- cactused (Australian, slang)
- dicked (vulgar, slang)
- fucked (vulgar, slang)
- hooped (Canada, slang)
- in a bind
- in a fix
- in a mess
- in a pickle
- in a pinch
- in a world of pain
- in a world of trouble
- in deep shit (vulgar)
- in Dickie's meadow
- in for it
- in the lurch
- in the shit
- in the soup
- in trouble
- knee-deep in the Big Muddy (US)
- rooted (vulgar, slang)
- screwed (vulgar, slang)
- shagged (vulgar, slang)
- souped
- stuffed (slang)
- tied in knots (idiomatic)
- up a gum tree
- up a stump
- up against it
- up shit creek (vulgar)
- up the creek
- up the creek without a paddle
- up the proverbial (euphemistic)
- up the stump
- waist deep in the Big Muddy (US)
Hyponyms
- in a dilemma [⇒ thesaurus]
- justice-involved (US, euphemistic)
Various
See also
Further reading
- “665. danger” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “704. difficulty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “in trouble” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.