quandary (n.)

• baffle
• bafflement
• bewilderment
• bother
• confusion
• crux
• difficulty
• dilemma
• discomposure
• disconcertion
• disconcertment
• disturbance
• embarrassment
• enigma
• fix
• jam
• knot
• mystery
• node
• oxymoron
• paradox
• perplexity
• perturbation
• pickle
• plight
• poser
• pother
• predicament
• problem
• puzzle
• puzzlement
• riddle
• scrape
• stew
• teaser
• uncertainty
• upset