All crisis synonyms

noun crisis

• crunch — If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
• dilemma — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
• catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
• pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• impasse — a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
• confrontation — A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.
• situation — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
• climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
• strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
• height — extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
• juncture — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
• pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• perplexity — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
• corner — A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
• plight — Archaic. pledge.
• culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
• climacteric — a critical event or period
• trauma — Pathology. a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident. the condition produced by this; traumatism.
• crossroad — a road that crosses another road
• puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
• crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
• imbroglio — a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
• necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
• predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• quandary — a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
• trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
• contingency — A contingency is something that might happen in the future.
• pickle — a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
• urgency — urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
• stew — to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
• moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
• point of no return — Aviation. the point in a flight at which an aircraft will lack sufficient fuel to return to its starting point.
• turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
• hot potato — Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
• calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• watershed — Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
• defining moment — a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.