Synonyms of pandora's box

pandora's box

noun

as in trial

a source of many troubles; something that will lead to many problems

Their parents are understandably afraid of opening a pandora's box if they buy their oldest child a car.

Related Words

• trial
• hair shirt
• discomfort
• rub
• thorn
• nuisance
• headache
• inconvenience
• fleabite
• insult
• irritant
• ruffle
• pinprick
• affront
• exasperation
• frustration
• pest
• worry
• bother
• aggravation
• upset
• irk
• vexation
• annoyance
• bugbear
• aggro
• plague
• offense
• cross
• burden
• menace
• hassle
• peeve
• predicament
• albatross
• millstone
• sore
• anxiety
• curse
• plight
• botheration
• tribulation
• trouble
• affliction

Dissimilar Words

• pleasure
• joy
• delight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pandora's box

Being on a government payroll and possibly subject to Senate confirmation would open up a Pandora's box. — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026

Threat actors understand that breaching one MSP can open Pandora's box and give them access to dozens of client networks. — James Griffin, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026

Opening a box of old photos opens up a Pandora's box of emotions. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026

And Talanoa Hufanga continued to fly around like a calamity let loose from Pandora's box, adding a key third-down pass-breakup on the Jets' final offensive drive. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025

Advances in technology have opened an exciting possibility or perhaps stirred a Pandora's box. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users — which attracted little notice this week amid a slew of product announcements — opens a whole new Pandora's box in an AI world already full of them. — Ina Fried, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024