crux

Speech parts

1. crux - Noun

2. Crux - Proper noun

Meaning

Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Southern Cross rubicon sphinx center keystone rebus rood centre alpha and omega chi enigma point problem nature basis
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Antonyms

outside solution advantage resolution interpretation answer
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Hypernyms

point

Hyponyms

alpha and omega

Phrases with the word

crux criticorum crux capitata crux immissa

Derivatives

cruxes cruces

Examples

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself. Barbara Tuchman

Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself. Johann Georg Hamann

To change our idea of the world is the crux of shamanism. And stopping the internal dialogue is the only way to accomplish it. Carlos Castaneda

The crux is the reform of the treaty which would lead to common action. There must be a will to defend the central interests of Europe. If there is no majority voting, then the same level of impotence will continue. Jacques Delors

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem. Percy Bysshe Shelley

What else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That's the reality of getting old, and I guess that's really the crux of the matter. I'm not ready to be old yet. Sara Gruen

Close letter words and terms

crutter cruve Cruwys Morchard crux ansata Crux Australis crux capitata