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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cul-de-sac; deadlock |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, blank wall, blind alley, corner, draw, impasse, nowhere to turn, obstacle, road block, stalemate, standoff, stumbling block |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem; situation requiring great effort |
| Synonyms: | adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, laboriousness, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew, strain, strait, strenuousness, struggle, stumbling block, tribulation, trouble |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tie in competition |
| Synonyms: | dead end, dead heat, deadlock, even steven, photo finish, stalemate, standoff, tie |
| Main Entry: | impasse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, box*, cessation, corner*, cul-de-sac, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, fix, gridlock, jam, mire*, morass, pause, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, rest, scrape*, standoff, standstill |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | routine of daily life |
| Synonyms: | circle, circuit, course, custom, daily grind, dead end, grind*, groove, habit, humdrum*, pace, pattern, performance, practice, procedure, rote, round, system, treadmill, usage, wont |
| Antonyms: | break, difference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standstill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | arrest, cessation, check, checkmate, corner*, dead end, dead stop, deadlock, delay, gridlock, halt, hole, impasse, inaction, pause, stalemate, standoff, wait |
| Antonyms: | advance, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | street |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, back alley, boulevard, byway, court, dead end, drag*, drive, highway, lane, parkway, passage, pavement, place, road, roadway, route, row, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, turf*, way |
| Notes: | street comes from Latin strata 'something laid'; road is a general term, whereas street is narrower in sense and chiefly urban in application - a street typically has buildings on either side and is paved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cul-de-sac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadend |
| Synonyms: | cavity, dead end, impasse, pocket, tube |
| Main Entry: | blind alley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | closed-off passage |
| Synonyms: | blank wall, cul-de-sac, dead end, dead-end street, impasse, tangent |
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