embroglio

American  

[em-brohl-yoh] / ɛmˈbroʊl yoʊ /

noun

plural

embroglios

1. imbroglio.

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Etymology

Origin of embroglio

Confused with embroil

Example Sentences

I blamed myself for the embroglio: still, I would not say, even in the privacy of my own head, "If I hadn't trusted the girl so blindly!"

From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

I shall be free of this infernal embroglio.

From A Sheaf of Corn by Mann, Mary E.

To people in London the Venezuelan embroglio proved that the Kaiser had in mind smashing the Monroe Doctrine.

From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)

I used to read piquant articles about his embroglio in an American paper that devoted itself to matters of the sort.

From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph

M. Sedillot, who appears to have been a good man of business, at once set gallantly to work to disentangle the embroglio, and to free Honore from its meshes.

From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)