crisis . noun. an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation.
What is a hard situation?
adjective. formal involved in a complicated or unpleasant situation that it is difficult to escape from.
What is another word for a bad situation?
| quagmire predicament | no-win situation catastrophe | disaster hardship | adversity calamity | extremity distress |
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What is making a bad situation better called?
To ameliorate is to step in and make a bad situation better. You could try introducing a second lollipop to ameliorate a battle between two toddlers over a single lollipop. The verb ameliorate comes from the Latin word meliorare, meaning “improve.” Food drives can ameliorate hunger.
How would you describe a bad situation?
1 terrible , awful, appalling, frightful; hideous, grim, ghastly, shocking, revolting, repulsive, horrid, horrendous, horrifying, repellent.
What is the most difficult thing in life?
- Getting Married. How many times have you been mad at yourself or gotten into an argument with yourself over so many different reasons? ...
- Parenting. ...
- Becoming an Entrepreneur. ...
- Health. ...
- Overcoming Addiction. ...
- The Loss of a Loved One. ...
- Leaving People Behind. ...
- Handling Success.
How do you survive hard times?
- Focus on things within your control. ...
- Accept change by looking to your past. ...
- Prioritize relationships. ...
- Don’t withdraw in tough times. ...
- Try to avoid negative people. ...
- Expand your social network. ...
- Get enough exercise. ...
- Practice a “mind and body” relaxation technique.
What is the word for making it better?
Frequently Asked Questions About improve
Some common synonyms of improve are ameliorate , better, and help. While all these words mean “to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard,” improve and better are general and interchangeable and apply to what can be made better whether it is good or bad.
How do you say something gets worse?
- worsen. verb. to become worse, or to make something worse.
- decline. verb. to become less or worse.
- deteriorate. verb. to become worse.
- deepen. verb. if a bad situation deepens, it becomes worse.
- escalate. verb. ...
- degenerate. verb. ...
- spiral. verb. ...
- slide. verb.
What does ameliorative mean?
transitive verb. : to make better or more tolerable medicine to ameliorate the pain . intransitive verb. : to grow better.
What are words to describe a bad person?
- Aggressive.
- Arrogant.
- Boastful.
- Bossy.
- Boring.
- Careless.
- Clingy.
- Cruel.
What is the hardest thing a human can do?
- Speaking a foreign language.
- Learning to speak in the first place.
- Learning to write.
- Learning to walk/ride a bike.
- Dealing with death of a loved one, divorce, lose job, other such life challenges.
- Fighting in a war (fortunately most of us don’t have to do this)
What is the hardest task in the world to think?
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “What is the hardest task in the world? To think.”
What’s the hardest thing to learn?
- Mastering your sleep. ...
- Empathy. ...
- Time management. ...
- Asking for help. ...
- Consistency. ...
- Positive self-talk. ...
- Knowing when to shut up — and actually doing it. ...
- Listening.
How do you handle difficult situations at work?
- Use Conflict as a Natural Resource. ...
- Don’t React. ...
- Deal with Feelings. ...
- Attack the Problem, Not the Person. ...
- Practice Direct Communication. ...
- Look Past Positions to the Underlying Interests. ...
- Focus on the Future.
