Synonym: head, pass, strait. Similar words: strait, straitened, dire straits, straitlaced, strait of hormuz, trait, traitor, portrait. Meaning: [streɪt] 
n. 1. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs 2. a difficult juncture.
n. 1. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs 2. a difficult juncture. 
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121. The Malacca Straits is one of the most important sea-lanes in the world. The main threat to its security comes from buccaneering assaults.
122. Singapore was historically the capital of the Straits Settlement and geographically a part of the Malay Peninsula.
123. The Chinese mainland has announced a series of new policies at the on-going Straits Forum aimed at boosting Taiwan's economy.
124. The relations between the three major parties across the Straits will be "Scalene Triangle" relations.
125. Now the medical system in America is in desperate straits, he says.
126. With cyclones of ever increasing severity and the pressure from human population threatening the bird, the Southern Cassowary is in dire straits at the moment.
127. "How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat, " the president said, adding that the insurer is in financial straits because of "recklessness and greed.
More similar words: strait, straitened, dire straits, straitlaced, strait of hormuz, trait, traitor, portrait, strain, strained, straight, restrain, constrain, straighten, constraint, straightaway, straight line, straighten up, unrestrained, constrainedly, straightforward, strain every nerve, keep a straight face, wraith, train, trail, trainee, trailer, trainer, by train.