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An affable person is pleasant, friendly, and easy to talk to.
An altercation is a noisy disagreement or heated argument.
Bedlam is a situation with a great deal of noise and confusion.
If you are bellicose, you behave in an aggressive way and are likely to start an argument or fight.
A belligerent person or country is hostile, aggressive, very unfriendly, and prone to fight.
The adjective blithe indicates that someone does something casually or in a carefree fashion without much concern for the end result.
Bonhomie is a friendly feeling among a group of people.
Someone in a buoyant mood is in good spirits.
If you describe a system or process as byzantine, it means that you are criticizing it because it is excessively complicated and difficult to understand.
A chivalrous man behaves in a polite, kind, generous, and honorable way, especially towards women.
Complacent persons are too confident and relaxed because they think that they can deal with a situation easily; however, in many circumstances, this is not the case.
If someone is complaisant, they are willing to please others and do what they want without complaining.
Two people concordant with each other are in agreement or harmony.
A congenial person, place, or environment is pleasant, friendly, and enjoyable.
When someone is contentious, they are argumentative and likely to provoke a fight.
A convivial atmosphere or occasion is friendly, pleasant, cheerful, and relaxed.
If someone will countenance something, they will approve, tolerate, or support it.
A situation or thing that is discordant does not fit in with other things; therefore, it is disagreeable, strange, or unpleasant.
When you disentangle a knot, you untie it completely; when you disentangle yourself from a problem, you get yourself out of it.
Euphony is a pleasing sound in speech or music.
A fracas is a rough and noisy fight or loud argument that can involve multiple people.
An impasse is a difficult situation in which progress is not possible, usually because none of the people involved are willing to agree.
If you describe a situation or process as labyrinthine, you mean that it is very complicated, involved, and difficult to understand.
A melee is a noisy, confusing, hand-to-hand fight involving a good number of people.
If you are oblivious to something that is happening, you do not notice it.
Pandemonium is a very noisy and uncontrolled situation, especially one that is caused by a lot of angry or excited people.
If you are in a plight, you are in trouble of some kind or in a state of unfortunate circumstances.
A polemic is a strong written or spoken statement that usually attacks or less often defends a particular idea, opinion, or belief.
If you are in a predicament, you are in a difficult situation or unpleasant mess that is hard to get out of.
A quagmire is a difficult and complicated situation that is not easy to avoid or get out of.
A tumultuous event or period of time is filled with great excitement, confusion, or violence; a tumultuous reaction to something is likewise very loud and noisy because people are happy and excited.
A vendetta is a prolonged situation in which one person or group tries to harm another person or group—and vice versa.
Noun
imbroglio
im-BROHL-yoh
Context
What started as a celebration of my grandmother’s ninetieth birthday soon became a difficult imbroglio of complicated family tensions. My father could not decide who was in charge of the event, and when Uncle Roy called Dad a demanding jerk, the heated disagreement or imbroglio really got started. Luckily, I took my grandmother out to lunch while they were planning the party, so she didn’t have to hear the competitive imbroglio or complex struggle between her grown children.
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What is an imbroglio?
A celebratory event of an important family member.
I'mBroiling, Yo! screamed the frog to the princess as the witch started to stir the frog soup--what an imbroglio for the frog!
Examples
Both were professors with backgrounds in gender and American studies-and both were obsessed with the imbroglio and its improbable players: the president, the intern, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and Kenneth Starr.
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Newsweek
An 11 billion accounting scandal at the Ashburn-based telecommunications giant led to its official name change, effective Tuesday, in order to distance itself from the imbroglio.
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The Washington Post
More than 20 of the companies entangled in the stock option imbroglio are in Silicon Valley, where the incentives first became a staple of compensation packages for rank-and-file employees as well as top executives.
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USA Today
No sooner had Frank Lickliter sped off in his Hummer than the e-mails began streaming in protesting that Mickelson had violated the spirit of the rules during the whole unplayable/provisional/lost-ball imbroglio on Torrey Pines' 17th hole.
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Sports Illustrated
From a root word meaning “to bewilder, tangle.” An imbroglio is therefore an “entanglement” that is often “bewildering” or “confusing” to put an end to.
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Mind Your Language An imbroglio at headquarters over misunderstood names.
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