imbroglio
Meanings
Plural: imbrogli, imbroglios
Noun
- an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
- a very embarrassing misunderstanding
- A complicated situation; an entanglement.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Italian imbroglio (“tangle, entanglement, muddle”) (im-, alternative form of in- (prefix forming verbs denoting derivation) + broglio (“confusion; intrigue, fraud, rigging, stuffing”); see also imbrogliare (“to tangle”)), cognate with and probably from an earlier form of French embrouiller (“to embroil, muddle”) (em- (“em-”), a form of en- (“en-”, prefix meaning ‘caused’) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”)).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 18
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