Synonyms for Put on the spot:

• v.

  •bother, trouble (verb)
  • inconvenience.
  •cause mental discomfort (verb)
  • embarrass.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • irk,
  • tease,
  • put out of countenance,
  • puzzle,
  • agitate,
  • discountenance,
  • perplex,
  • disturb,
  • rattle,
  • hang up,
  • give a hard time,
  • bug,
  • upset,
  • nonplus,
  • put in a spot,
  • mortify,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • make a monkey of,
  • show up,
  • chagrin,
  • bewilder,
  • bother,
  • confuse,
  • distress,
  • annoy,
  • throw,
  • discombobulate,
  • dumbfound,
  • plague,
  • fluster,
  • discompose,
  • perturb,
  • put in a hole,
  • let down,
  • stun,
  • give a bad time,
  • distract,
  • shame,
  • catch one short.
  •endanger (verb)
  • threaten,
  • venture,
  • lay open,
  • put at risk,
  • leave defenseless,
  • subject to loss,
  • play into one's hands,
  • put in danger,
  • lay on the line,
  • risk,
  • peril,
  • make liable,
  • chance it,
  • be careless,
  • hazard,
  • menace,
  • expose,
  • chance,
  • stick one's neck out,
  • leave in the middle,
  • imperil.
  •incommode (verb)
  • put out,
  • discomfort.
  •inconvenience (verb)
  • exasperate,
  • meddle,
  • interfere,
  • disoblige,
  • discommode,
  • aggravate,
  • disrupt,
  • put to trouble,
  • make it tough,
  • give trouble,
  • try.
  •put out (verb)
  • anger,
  • burn,
  • displease,
  • trouble,
  • harass,
  • nettle,
  • provoke,
  • get,
  • dissatisfy,
  • impose upon,
  • grate,
  • rile,
  • gall,
  • roil,
  • inflame,
  • vex.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • abash,
  • disconcert,
  • faze.
  •
  • discomfit.
  •endanger
  • Perilling,
  • Menaced,
  • sticking one's neck out,
  • laid on the line,
  • laid open,
  • laying open,
  • stick neck out,
  • Perilled,
  • Periled,
  • Periling.
  •imperil
  • endanger.
  •put out
  • in flames,
  • imposed upon,
  • imposes upon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • confound,
  • incommode,
  • put in jeopardy.

Antonyms for Put on the spot:

• v.

  • embarrass
    order, calm, explain, enlighten, please, quiet, help, gladden, clarify, comfort, appease, clear up, delight, make happy, soothe, organize, aid.
  • endanger
    save, assist, guard, take care, protect.
  • inconvenience
    arrange, benefit, be convenient.
  • put out
    start, assuage.