Synonyms for tight spot


Grammar : Noun

Top 10 synonyms for tight spot Other synonyms for the word tight spot

Définition of tight spot

  • As in pickle : noun sticky situation
  • As in pinch : noun predicament
  • As in scrape : noun bad or embarrassing situation
  • As in snag : noun complication in situation
  • As in bind : noun predicament
  • As in difficult situation : noun touchy situation
  • As in corner : noun predicament
Example sentences :
  • Of course, in my story, I invented a force-field——very handy when you're in a tight spot!
  • Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 » by Ray Bradbury
  • If there should be a tight spot between these two gears it will react disadvantageously on the magneto.
  • Extract from : « Aviation Engines » by Victor Wilfred Pag
  • Baker was well aware he was in a tight spot, and one which he had deliberately created.
  • Extract from : « The Great Gray Plague » by Raymond F. Jones
  • The pilots also spoke a good word for Jane, 171but she knew she was in a tight spot.
  • Extract from : « Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • More than once, his enormous size and legendary strength had gotten them out of a tight spot.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Shan » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • A quiet voice brought him back from wild rage to a cool realization that he was in a tight spot.
  • Extract from : « Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning » by Graham M. Dean
  • He fought himself every waking hour, knowing that he had a weakness of becoming confused in a tight spot.
  • Extract from : « Human Error » by Raymond F. Jones
  • The time tew pray is not when we are in a tight spot, but jist as soon as we git out ov it.
  • Extract from : « Josh Billings on Ice » by Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • They might be in a tight spot but she had confidence that the angular, capable cowboy would be able to pull them through.
  • Extract from : « Janet Hardy in Radio City » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • One of mine was something I had said about Lyndon a long time ago—that he's a good man in a tight spot.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Antonyms for tight spot

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