Imbroglio

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement.
  • noun. A confused or complicated disagreement.
  • noun. A confused heap; a tangle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An intricate and perplexing state of affairs; a misunderstanding of a complicated nature, as between persons or nations; an entanglement.
  • noun. An intricate or complicated plot, as against a person, or of a romance or drama.
  • noun. In music, a passage in which the rhythms of different voice-parts are conflicting or contradictory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
  • noun. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding or disagreement, especially one that is bitter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a complicated situation; an entanglement
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a very embarrassing misunderstanding
  • noun. an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
  • Word Usage
    ""This free-speech imbroglio is another example of Park Service leadership with its head in the sand, waiting to get sued rather than affirmatively addressing issues before they end up in court," Ruch said."
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