1. An awkward clash
   "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"

Type of: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish

• despoiler
• despoilment
• Despoina
• despoliation
• despond
• despondence
• despondency
• despondent
• despondently
• despot
• despotic
• despotical
• despotically
• despotism
• desquamate
• desquamation
• dessert
• dessert apple
• dessert plate
• dessert wine
• dessertspoon
• dessertspoonful
• dessiatine
• destabilisation
• destabilise