Synset

a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

sample sentences

"grappling with financial difficulties"

semantic pointers

hypernym

condition, status

hyponym

bitch plight, predicament, quandary rattrap pinch fix, mess, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish hard time, rough sledding strain, stress mire problem, job situation urinary hesitancy wall