Up the creek


Synonyms for up the creek
adj powerless, vulnerable

unarmed
helpless
unprotected
caught
endangered
exposed

indefensible
naked
open
poor
unguarded
weak

hands tied
in line of fire
like a clay pigeon
like a sitting duck
on the line
on the spot

out on limb
pigeon
wide open

Antonyms for up the creek

powerful

strong

Synonyms
adj hopeless

forlorn
vain
futile
despondent
sad
downcast
despairing
gone

hard up
inconsolable
irremediable
useless
wretched
goner
back to the wall
dead duck

desponding
in the soup
in the toilet
irrecoverable
irretrievable
no-chance
no-way
no-win

running out of time
sunk
up against it
at end of one’s rope
can’t win

Antonyms

cheerful
joyful
confident
content

satisfied
contented
satisfactory
happy

hopeful
secure
unworried
calm

Synonyms
adj futile, pessimistic

forlorn
sad
tragic
useless
desperate
impossible
helpless
pointless
bad
cynical
dejected

demoralized
despairing
despondent
disconsolate
discouraging
downhearted
fatal
gone
ill-fated
impracticable
incurable

irreparable
irrevocable
lost
menacing
sinister
threatening
unavailing
unfortunate
vain
woebegone
irreversible

beyond recall
goner
in despair
irredeemable
no-win
past hope
shot down
sunk
unachievable
unmitigable
worsening

Antonyms

cheerful
joyful
auspicious
encouraging
promising

happy
hopeful
good
bright
expectant

optimistic
propitious
rosy

Synonyms
adj in a jam

out on a limb
in Dutch

in a pickle
in a tight spot

in hot water
on the hot seat

on the spot

Synonyms
adj hopeless

bad
cureless
cynical
dejected
demoralized
despairing
desperate
despondent
disconsolate
discouraging
downhearted
fatal

forlorn
gone
helpless
ill-fated
impossible
impracticable
incurable
irreparable
irreversible
irrevocable
lost
menacing

pointless
sad
sinister
threatening
tragic
unavailing
unfortunate
useless
vain
woebegone
beyond recall
goner

in despair
irredeemable
no-win
past hope
shot down
sunk
unachievable
unmitigable
worsening

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