Hot water
Hot water noun - A dangerous or distressing predicament.
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Impasse
Impasse noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: the impossible impasse faced by those who opposed the war but did not want to seem disloyal to the troops
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Hot water and impasse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hot water" instead a noun "Impasse".
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Impasse and Hot water. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot_water/impasse
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