imbroglio
2 synonyms for imbroglio, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A confusing and complicated situation.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
snarl
embroilment
Etymology
Taken from Italian imbroglio ("tangle, entanglement, muddle") — from im- (an alternative form of in-, a prefix forming verbs denoting derivation) plus broglio ("confusion; intrigue, fraud, rigging, stuffing"; see also imbrogliare, "to tangle") — and is cognate with, and probably drawn from, an earlier form of French em...
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