Search results
- DictionaryCri·sis/ˈkrīsəs/
noun
- 1. a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger: "the current economic crisis" Similar catastrophecalamitycataclysmemergencydisasterpredicamentplightmessdilemmaquandarysetbackreversereversalupheavaldramatroubledire straitshard timeshardshipadversityextremitydistressdifficultyinformal:fixpicklejamstewscrapebindholesticky situationhot waterhellhell on earthhasslestresscar crashspot of bother
- ▪ a time when a difficult or important decision must be made: "when the crisis came, she does not appear to have hesitated" Similar critical pointdecisive pointturning pointcrossroadscritical periodcruxclimaxclimactericculminationheightheadmoment of truthzero hourpoint of no returnRubiconinformal:crunch
- ▪ the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.
Word Origin 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.
Scrabble Points: 8
C
3R
1I
1S
1I
1S
1
Powered by Oxford Languages