Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Sticky wicket and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sticky wicket" instead a noun "Difficulty".
Nearby Word: difficult
Sticky wicket
Sticky wicket noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: with both sets of in-laws insisting that we spend Thanksgiving with them, we were on a sticky wicket indeed
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Synonyms for Sticky wicket
Difficulty and sticky wicket are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun phrase "Sticky wicket".
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Related pairs
- trouble and difficulty
- trouble and sticky wicket
- jam and difficulty
- jam and sticky wicket
- problem and difficulty
- problem and sticky wicket
- crux and difficulty
- crux and sticky wicket
- knot and difficulty
- knot and sticky wicket
- fix and difficulty
- fix and sticky wicket
- predicament and difficulty
- predicament and sticky wicket
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Sticky wicket and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/sticky_wicket
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