I had a severe imbroglio with my girlfriend concerning her uncle's gluten sensitivities for the upcoming dinner.
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Imbroglio
//ɪmˈbɹəʊljəʊ//
Synonyms for "imbroglio" (89 found)
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15 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- безредие noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
- бъркотия noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Dutch
1 entries- kluwen noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
French
2 entries- embrouille noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
- sac de nœuds noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Greek
1 entries- εμπλοκή noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Hungarian
1 entries- bonyodalom noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Irish
2 entries- cíor thuathail noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
- gírle guairle noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Italian
1 entries- imbroglio noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Japanese
1 entries- 縺れ noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Macedonian
1 entries- збрка noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Portuguese
1 entries- imbróglio noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Sicilian
1 entries- mmrogghiu noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Spanish
1 entries- embrollo noun (complicated situation, entanglement)
Sample sentences
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Into the drawers and china pry, / Papers and books, a huge imbroglio! / Under a tea-cup he might lie, / Or creased, like dogs-ears, in a folio.
Source: wiktionary
Your trip here will never quite go as planned. […] There may be strikes, mixed-up reservations, maddening imbrogli of all sorts. But they will be charming imbrogli because the Italian people are charming, down to the whimsical tone of their language.
Source: wiktionary
I could have phoned you with all this, Tallulah, but knowing you as I have over the years, when you and I have both been a party to some of Duncan's little imbroglios, I thought I should talk to you in person.
Source: wiktionary
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