Synonyms for crises
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kreez |
| Phonetic Transcription : kriz |
Top 10 synonyms for crises Other synonyms for the word crises
- big trouble
- climacteric
- climax
- contingency
- corner
- crossroad
- crux
- culmination
- dire straits
- embarrassment
- entanglement
- exigency
- extremity
- height
- hot potato
- hour of decision
- imbroglio
- juncture
- moment of truth
- necessity
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- point of no return
- predicament
- pressure
- puzzle
- quandary
- situation
- stew
- strait
- trauma
- trial
- trouble
- turning point
- urgency
Définition of crises
Origin :- early 15c., from Latinized form of Greek krisis "turning point in a disease" (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), literally "judgment, result of a trial, selection," from krinein "to separate, decide, judge," from PIE root *krei- "to sieve, discriminate, distinguish" (cf. Greek krinesthai "to explain;" Old English hriddel "sieve;" Latin cribrum "sieve," crimen "judgment, crime," cernere (past participle cretus) "to sift, separate;" Old Irish criathar, Old Welsh cruitr "sieve;" Middle Irish crich "border, boundary"). Transferred non-medical sense is 1620s in English. A German term for "mid-life crisis" is Torschlusspanik, literally "shut-door-panic," fear of being on the wrong side of a closing gate.
- noun critical situation
- There were two crises then, one on each floor of the big house.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- These crises were sharp, but they left a sweet taste in the memory.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- The crises of her life did not usually find her so unprepared.
- Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow
- This is one of the crises in which my theory of “inspiration first” may fail.
- Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
- There are two crises in the history of grave and sensitive natures.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by John Morley
- Yet I do not wish to furnish the impression that crises are negligible.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- In the crises of a great war Cabals and Juntos go by the board.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- Isn't it odd how unconvinced we often are by the crises in the lives of other people?
- Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker
- The discussion before the Senate committee was one of the crises in Eads's life.
- Extract from : « James B. Eads » by Louis How
- So Samson advises, so we act; wisely, in this and in other crises of the business.
- Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
Antonyms for crises
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