'Imbroglio' definitions:
Definition of 'imbroglio'
From: WordNet
noun
An intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation [syn: imbroglio, embroilment]
noun
A very embarrassing misunderstanding
Definition of 'Imbroglio'
From: GCIDE
- Imbroglio \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding or disagreement, especially one that is bitter. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imbroglio'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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