imbroglionoun [ C ]
uk/ɪmˈbrəʊ.li.əʊ/us/ɪmˈbroʊ.li.oʊ/plural imbroglios formalan unwanted, difficult, and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems:
The Soviet Union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan imbroglio.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- sticky wicket
- vortex
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