English-Thai Dictionary

imbroglio

N ภาวะ สับสนวุ่นวาย (โดยเฉพาะ เมื่อ เกิด ความ ไม่เข้าใจ กัน  ภาวะวิกฤติ  สถานการณ์ ลำบาก  confusion crisis difficulty pa-wa-sab-son-wun-wai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMBROGLIO

Im *brogl "io, n.; pl. Imbroglios. [Written also embroglio. ] Etym: [It. See 1st Broil, and cf. Embroil. ]

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imbroglio

im bro glio |imˈbrōlyō ɪmˈbroʊljoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. imbroglios ) an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation: the Watergate imbroglio. • archaic a confused heap. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: Italian, from imbrogliare ‘confuse ’; related to embroil .

 

Oxford Dictionary

imbroglio

imbroglio |ɪmˈbrəʊlɪəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. imbroglios ) an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation: the abdication imbroglio of 1936. • archaic a confused heap. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: Italian, from imbrogliare ‘confuse ’; related to embroil .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imbroglio

imbroglio noun the company may not survive another legal imbroglio: complicated situation, complication, problem, difficulty, predicament, trouble, confusion, quandary, entanglement, muddle, mess, quagmire, morass, sticky situation; informal bind, jam, pickle, fix, corner, hole, scrape.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imbroglio

imbroglio noun a man caught up in a political imbroglio: complicated situation, complication, complexity, problem, difficulty, predicament, plight, trouble, entanglement, confusion, muddle, mess, quandary, dilemma; informal bind, jam, pickle, fix, scrape, corner, tight corner, hole, sticky situation, mare's nest, hot water, deep water.

 

Duden Dictionary

Imbroglio

Im b ro g lio, Im bro glio Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , das |ɪmˈbrɔljo |das Imbroglio; Genitiv: des Imbroglios, Plural: die Imbrogli |[…lji ] |und Imbroglios italienisch imbroglio = Verwirrung, zu: imbrogliare = verwickeln, verwirren, zu: brogliare = intrigieren, verwandt mit französisch brouiller, eigentlich trüben, verwischen, vielleicht zu altfranzösisch brou = Schaum, Sprudelndes rhythmische Verwirrung durch gleichzeitiges Erklingen verschiedener Taktarten in mehreren Stimmen

 

French Dictionary

imbroglio

imbroglio n. m. nom masculin Situation très compliquée. : Des imbroglios cocasses. SYNONYME brouillamini ; confusion ; embrouillamini . Prononciation Le g se prononce ou non, [ɛ̃brɔglijo ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imbroglio

im bro glio /ɪmbróʊljoʊ |-brə́ʊliəʊ /〖＜イタリア 〗名詞 複 ～s C ｟文 ｠紛糾, ごたごた ; (劇の )複雑な筋 .