Synonyms of crises

1 Syllable
pinch, crunch, stew, mess, trial, crux, pass, strait, height, plight
2 Syllables
deadlock, trouble, climax, pickle, crossroad, puzzle, corner, change, trauma
3 Syllables
imbroglio, urgency, impasse, disaster, quandary, dilemma, juncture, situation, pressure
4 Syllables
culmination, perplexity, exigency, predicament, climacteric, catastrophe, necessity, confrontation, entanglement, contingency, emergency, embarrassment, extremity