imbroglio Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
    embroilment.
  2. noun a very embarrassing misunderstanding

WordNet

Im*brogl"io noun
Etymology
It. See 1st Broil, and cf. Embroil.
Wordforms
plural Imbroglios
Definitions
  1. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
  2. A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.
    Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. Carlyle.

Webster 1913