Meaning of IMBROGLIO
| Pronunciation: | | im'browlyow
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- [n] a very embarrassing misunderstanding
- [n] an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
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| | Synonyms: | | embroilment |
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| | See Also: | | misinterpretation, mistaking, misunderstanding, situation, state of affairs | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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