Synonyms for In bad straits:

• v.

  • warned
  • threatened
  .

• Other relevant words:

• Beggared
,
• Strapped
,
• bad off
,
• badly off
,
• bankrupt
,
• broke
,
• destitute
,
• impecunious
,
• impoverished
,
• insolvent
,
• necessitous
,
• needy
,
• on one's uppers
,
• penurious
,
• pinched
,
• poor
,
• poverty-stricken
,
• ruined
,
• short
,
• skint
,
• stony-broke
,
• straitened
,
• up against it
,
• wiped out
.

What are the hypernyms for In bad straits?

• Other hypernyms:

  difficulty, dire straits, plight, predicament, trouble, difficult situation.