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hornets' nest
hor·nets' nest H0279100 (hôr′nĭts)n. A violent or highly contentious situation: "such diplomatic hornets' nests as [the] expulsion of Asians from Uganda" (Christian Science Monitor).Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hornets' nest - a highly contentious or hazardous situation; "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest"hornet's nestsituation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" | | 2. |  hornets' nest - habitation for wasps or hornets wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornet's nestnidus - a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs |
hornets' nestnounA situation that presents difficulty, uncertainty, or perplexity:issue, problem, question.Informal: can of worms.See hornet's nest
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Synonyms for hornets' nestnoun a situation that presents difficulty, uncertainty, or perplexitySynonyms- issue
- problem
- question
- can of worms
Synonyms for hornets' nestnoun a highly contentious or hazardous situationSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun habitation for wasps or hornetsSynonyms- wasp's nest
- wasps' nest
- hornet's nest
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