unpleasant situation

I was not aware of the romance; I was conscious only of the unpleasant situation.

How was I to extricate myself from this extremely unpleasant situation?

The old man struggled to extricate himself from his unpleasant situation, but was unsuccessful.

Besides, this is likely to prove a rather unpleasant situation for a lady.

A foreign gentleman of high position, through his own carelessness, found himself in a difficult and unpleasant situation.