Contretemps

/ˈkɒn.tɹə.tɑ̃ŋ/

Synonyms for "contretemps" (32 found)

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gaffelogistical delaymisstepprotocol error

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a contretempsencounter a contretempsminor contretempspolitical contretempssocial contretemps

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...and said "she had been the most efficient friend of the charity;" and whether a whisper that had gone forth respecting her contretemps with the strange man was spread, or it had fortunately been so well managed by the Count as to have escaped observation...

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"I see that you are a born American citizen--and an earlier knowledge of that fact would have prevented this little contretemps. You are aware, Mr. Hoffman, that your name is German?"

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What a strange contretemps! Its suddenness left me temporarily speechless; the embarrassment of Duare was only too obvious. Yet it was that unusual paradox, a happy contretemps--for me at least.

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Mrs. Post was the center of a notable contretemps when she spilled a spoonful of berries at a dinner of the Gourmet Society here in 1938.

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