Noun:

ఘోర పరిస్థితి,

dire straits's Usage Examples:

It was difficult to reprovision the missions, and by 1718 the missionaries were in dire straits.

In dire straits, the Byzantine Empire turned to the West for help, setting in motion the pleas that led to the First Crusade.

The last two days are spent in Ceuta visiting an EU-operated detention facility for Africans trying to reach Europe, and talking to a woman on a Spanish beach about the illegal immigrants who die trying to make it across the dire straits to the promised land.

However, a financial audit in 2019 showed that the college was still in dire straits with deficits for at least three years and nearly "14 million more in spending than revenue during the previous fiscal year.

While some people in dire straits have drunk urine, whether this actually helped or hindered their situation is unclear.

At this time the club found itself in dire straits battling to avoid relegation from the Bundesliga.

As the cattle industry remained in dire straits, the government purchased most of the surplus beef for which it paid bounties for each calf slaughtered as they could not be exported.

Finest is an old style potboiler about desperate cops in dire straits that overcooks both its story and its stars.

In dire straits, the Mongol warrior could drink some of the blood from his string of remounts.

The four businessmen left the club, but ensured on their way out that it was not in dire straits.

Synonyms:

strait, desperate straits, straits, pass,

Antonyms:

wide, keep down, dematerialize, dematerialise, stay in place,