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Synonyms for imbroglio

Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-brohl-yoh
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈbroʊl yoʊ

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Définition of imbroglio

Origin :
  • 1750, from Italian imbroglio, from imbrogliare "confuse, tangle," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + brogliare "embroil," probably from Middle French brouiller "confuse" (see broil (2); also cf. embroil).
  • noun misunderstanding; fight
Example sentences :
  • The Mesopotamian imbroglio was denounced as both a crime and a blunder.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • Now, as the European imbroglio is clarified, at them, at them!
  • Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski
  • But at last I had grasped the clue to this imbroglio into which fate had thrust me.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Secret Egypt » by Sax Rohmer
  • The imbroglio of the Ladies of the Bedchamber had been settled in 1840.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 » by Charles L. Graves
  • Numerous have been the attempts to entangle me in that imbroglio.
  • Extract from : « The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences » by Sarah N. Randolph
  • It is your own course of action, remember, which has led to the present—the present—well, let us say imbroglio.
  • Extract from : « Erema » by R. D. Blackmore
  • "He must have sold Floyd the powder," answered Wye, intent on the imbroglio.
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • The imbroglio with Russia had at this time scarcely earned the name of war.
  • Extract from : « Denis Dent » by Ernest W. Hornung
  • To regard a Jewish imbroglio seriously—that was quite beyond him.
  • Extract from : « The Antichrist » by F. W. Nietzsche
  • How, then, the reader may ask, is an issue to be found out of the present imbroglio?
  • Extract from : « Russia » by Donald Mackenzie Wallace

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