Quagmire
Quagmire noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: the party was once again facing its quadrennial quagmire: the candidate sufficiently liberal to win the nomination would be too liberal for the general election
Sticky wicket and quagmire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sticky wicket" instead a noun "Quagmire".
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
Quagmire and sticky wicket are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quagmire" instead a noun phrase "Sticky wicket".
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Related pairs
- trouble and quagmire
- trouble and sticky wicket
- pinch and quagmire
- pinch and sticky wicket
- jam and quagmire
- jam and sticky wicket
- fix and quagmire
- fix and sticky wicket
- predicament and quagmire
- predicament and sticky wicket
- spot and quagmire
- spot and sticky wicket
- box and quagmire
- box and sticky wicket
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