crises
Meaning of crises
- a time of intense difficulty or danger.
the current economic crisis
he goes to pieces in a crisis
the monarchy was in crisis
late Middle English (denoting the turning point of a disease): medical Latin, from Greek krisis ‘decision’, from krinein ‘decide’. The general sense ‘decisive point’ dates from the early 17th century.
Information about crises
- It is a name.
- The singular form of crises is: crise.
- Languages in which crises is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of crises
crises
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- crises is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
crises synonyms
Meaning an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster:
Meaning an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster:
Meaning a sudden violent political or social upheaval:
Meaning a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action:
Meaning a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life:
Meaning a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation:
Meaning a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation:
Meaning a dirty or untidy state of things or of a place:
Meaning a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable:
Meaning a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation:
Meaning a reversal or check in progress:
Meaning a complete change of direction or action:
Meaning a change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action:
Meaning a violent or sudden change or disruption to something:
Meaning a play for theatre, radio, or television:
Meaning difficulty or problems:
Meaning severe suffering or privation:
Meaning a difficult or unpleasant situation:
Meaning a condition of extreme adversity:
Meaning extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain:
Meaning a situation that is difficult or dangerous:
Meaning a difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament:
Meaning a difficult situation:
Meaning an instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck:
Meaning a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan:
Meaning an embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behaviour:
Meaning a problematical situation:
Meaning an awkward situation:
Meaning a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death:
Meaning irritating inconvenience:
Meaning pressure or tension exerted on a material object:
Translation of crises
- French: conjoncture, crise
- German: Krise
- Spanish: coyuntura
Anagrams of crises
Words that rhyme with crises
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