Stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float.
Roget 150:
unchangeable,
immutable;
unaltered,
unalterable;
not to be changed,
constant;
permanent
etc.
141;
invariable,
undeviating;
stable,
durable;
perennial
etc.
(diuturnal)
110†.
fixed,
steadfast,
firm,
fast,
steady,
balanced;
confirmed,
valid;
fiducial†;
immovable,
irremovable,
riveted,
rooted;
settled,
established
etc.
v.;
vested;
incontrovertible,
stereotyped,
indeclinable.
tethered,
anchored,
moored,
at anchor,
on a rock,
rock solid,
firm as a rock;
firmly seated,
firmly established
etc.
v.;
deep-rooted,
ineradicable;
inveterate;
obstinate
etc.
606.
transfixed,
stuck fast,
aground,
high and dry,
stranded.
[movable object rendered unmovable]
stuck,
jammed;
unremovable;
quiescent
etc.
265;
deterioration
etc.
659.
indefeasible,
irretrievable,
intransmutable†,
incommutable†,
irresoluble†,
irrevocable,
irreversible,
reverseless†,
inextinguishable,
irreducible;
indissoluble,
indissolvable†;
indestructible,
undying,
imperishable,
incorruptible,
indelible,
indeciduous†;
insusceptible,
insusceptible of change.
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Roget 704:
difficult,
not easy,
hard,
tough;
troublesome,
toilsome,
irksome;
operose†,
laborious,
onerous,
arduous,
Herculean,
formidable;
sooner said than done;
more easily said than done,
easier said than done.
difficult to deal with,
hard to deal with;
ill-conditioned,
crabbed,
crabby;
not to be handled with kid gloves,
not made with rose water.
awkward,
unwieldy,
unmanageable;
intractable,
stubborn
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
perverse,
refractory,
plaguy†,
trying,
thorny,
rugged;
knotted,
knotty;
invious†;
pathless,
trackless;
labyrinthine
etc.
(convoluted)
248;
intricate,
complicated
etc.
(tangled)
59;
impracticable
etc.
(impossible)
471;
not feasible
etc.
470;
desperate
etc.
(hopeless)
859.
embarrassing,
perplexing
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
delicate,
ticklish,
critical;
beset with difficulties,
full of difficulties,
surrounded by difficulties,
entangled by difficulties,
encompassed with difficulties.
under a difficulty;
in a box;
in difficulty,
in hot water,
in the suds,
in a cleft stick,
in a fix,
in the wrong box,
in a scrape
etc.
n.,
in deep water,
in a fine pickle;
in extremis;
between two stools,
between Scylla and Charybdis;
surrounded by shoals,
surrounded by breakers,
surrounded by quicksands;
at cross purposes;
not out of the wood.
reduced to straits;
hard pressed,
sorely pressed;
run hard;
pinched,
put to it,
straitened;
hard up,
hard put to it,
hard set;
put to one's shifts;
puzzled,
at a loss,
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
at the end of one's tether,
at the end of one's rope,
at one's wit's end,
at a nonplus,
at a standstill;
graveled,
nonplused,
nonplussed,
stranded,
aground;
stuck fast,
set fast;
up a tree,
at bay,
aux abois [Fr.],
driven into a corner,
driven from pillar to post,
driven to extremity,
driven to one's wit's end,
driven to the wall;
au bout de son Latin;
out of one's depth;
thrown out.
accomplished with difficulty;
hard-fought,
hard-earned.
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Roget 732:
unsuccessful,
successless†;
failing,
tripping
etc.
v.;
at fault;
unfortunate
etc.
735.
abortive,
addle,
stillborn;
fruitless,
bootless;
ineffectual,
ineffective,
inconsequential,
trifling,
nugatory;
inefficient
etc.
(impotent)
158;
insufficient
etc.
640;
unavailing
etc.
(useless)
645;
of no effect.
aground,
grounded,
swamped,
stranded,
cast away,
wrecked,
foundered,
capsized,
shipwrecked,
nonsuited†;
foiled;
defeated
etc.
731;
struck down,
borne down,
broken down;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
all up with;
ploughed,
plowed,
plucked.
lost,
undone,
ruined,
broken;
bankrupt
etc.
(not paying)
808;
played out;
done up,
done for;
dead beat,
ruined root and branch,
flambe†,
knocked on the head;
destroyed
etc.
162.
frustrated,
crossed,
unhinged,
disconcerted dashed;
thrown off one's balance,
thrown on one's back,
thrown on one's beam ends†;
unhorsed,
in a sorry plight;
hard hit.
stultified,
befooled†,
dished,
hoist on one's own petard;
victimized,
sacrificed.
wide of the mark
etc.
(error)
495;
out of one's reckoning
etc.
(inexpectation)
508†;
left in the lurch;
thrown away
etc.
(wasted)
638;
unattained;
uncompleted
etc.
730.
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