Synonyms of sticky wickets

sticky wickets

noun

plural of sticky wicket

as in pickles

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

with both sets of in-laws insisting that we spend Thanksgiving with them, we were on a sticky wicket indeed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pickles
• dilemmas
• predicaments
• holes
• swamps
• binds
• rabbit holes
• corners
• catch-22s
• rattraps
• jams
• kettles of fish
• boxes
• fixes
• difficulties
• spots
• mires
• quagmires
• impasses
• crises
• hot waters
• jackpots
• catch-22's
• nodes
• plights
• troubles
• soups
• emergencies
• straits
• quandaries
• pinches
• crossroads
• scrapes
• deadlocks
• clutches
• exigencies
• halts
• standstills
• stalemates
• logjams
• junctures