straits
- noun
- /streɪts/
- AND THEN, SOMEWHERE NEAR THE STRAITS OF MALACCA...
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the kids were now all home and they were in various straits of psychological breakdown and the world was upside down.
- And the kids were now all home and they were in various straits of psychological breakdown and the world was upside down.
- They've often sort of lost their jobs, living on the fringes, maybe in really dire straits.
- So you've got an enormous growth in people that, you know, have fallen into really serious dire straits.
- But it's not even something that important if somebody was like, you know, in dire straits.
- I mean, look, it is not new for the White House or the press to cover up presidents who are in dire straits.
- And to me, if we don't really resolve those problems, we're just waiting for the next recession and the next time we're in dire straits.
- When the third season ended, my character Andrew and Nick Kroll's character Nick, he gets to be Nick were in dire straits that were in a fight.
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And the kids were now all home and they were in various straits of psychological breakdown and the world was upside down.
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When the third season ended, my character Andrew and Nick Kroll's character Nick, he gets to be Nick were in dire straits that were in a fight.
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Let's make it like the just absolute dire straits issue.
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Let's make it like the just absolute dire straits issue.
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OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS - NIGHT
Fiction book (2000) -
PROFILE: THE STRAITS OF MALACCA AND SINGAPORE
Academic text (2005) -
After losing his job, he found himself in dire straits and had to ask for help.
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The family's financial difficulties left them in troubling straits that required urgent attention.
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During the storm, the fishermen were in straits as they struggled to return to shore safely.
Synonyms
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3.6
A state of very strong pain, worry or serious trouble
128
3.4
A time of serious difficulty, often with little money or food
98
6.5
A difficult situation that is hard to get out of
81
5.8
A difficult or embarrassing situation that is hard to escape
68
6.5
A difficult situation that is hard to get out of
43
7.1
A serious and difficult situation that needs help
40
4.5
A time when people have little money and life is hard
21
8.2
A difficult time when people have little money or help
14
6.7
In trouble and needing help to fix a problem
11
7.4
A very difficult situation that causes serious money problems
5
8.1
A difficult situation that is hard to escape
2
7.4
A situation of very great trouble and urgent need with no easy way out
1
8.6
A small problem that causes worry and needs help
1
9.9
A very bad situation with no way to fix it
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Etymology
Straits comes from the image of a narrow sea passage — a place that is 'tight' and hard to pass — and it shares the same root as strict, which also meant 'tight'. So, to be 'in straits' is to be in a tight, difficult situation.