About The Word Imbroglio
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Imbroglio
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What's The Definition Of Imbroglio?
[n] a very embarrassing misunderstanding
[n] an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation Synonyms | Synonyms for Imbroglio: embroilment Related Terms | Find terms related to Imbroglio: altercation | argument | bicker | bickering | bind | blood feud | brawl | broil | clutch | complication | contention | controversy | crunch | dispute | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | embarrassing position | embarrassment | embroilment | falling-out | feud | fight | fine how-do-you-do | fliting | fracas | fuss | hell to pay | hobble | hot water | how-do-you-do | jam | logomachy | mess | miff | mix | morass | open quarrel | parlous straits | pass | pickle | pinch | plight | polemic | predicament | pretty pass | pretty pickle | pretty predicament | quagmire | quarrel | quicksand | row | scrape | sharp words | slanging match | slough | snarl | spat | spot | squabble | squeeze | stew | sticky wicket | strait | straits | strife | swamp | tiff | tight spot | tight squeeze | tightrope | tricky spot | tussle | unholy mess | vendetta | words | wrangle See Also | misinterpretation | mistaking | misunderstanding | situation | state of affairs Imbroglio In Webster's Dictionary \Im*brogl"io\, n.; pl. {Imbroglios}. [Written also
{embroglio}.] [It. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Embroil}.]
1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of
fiction.
2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious
misunderstanding.
Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio.
--Carlyle.
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