imbroglios

noun

plural of imbroglio
as in disputes
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene

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Recent Examples of imbroglios However, various legal imbroglios about ownership — including a claim by descendants of Cantinflas — led to the collection dropping from public sight in Mexico after 2007. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 The dozens of lawsuits that followed had been entangled in legal imbroglios about how to interpret the untested law. — Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 These people online have also said that the Owens family has long lived way beyond their means, while Ronn Owens and Jan Black should take responsibility for enabling their daughter’s costly legal imbroglios with these different men, who also have faced harm to their reputations in the process. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbroglios
  1. disputes
  2. altercations
  3. controversies
  4. disagreements
  5. quarrels
  6. fights
  7. arguments
  8. misunderstandings
Noun
  • Earlier this week, a Times report revealed Zhang had previously been charged with child abuse for leaving her oldest daughter in a hot car for hours, while Xuan was accused in a civil lawsuit of using violence in landlord-tenant disputes.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That provision could reignite disputes over whether Washington should establish a national standard or preserve stronger state protections.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of disputes
Noun
  • Images showed altercations between police and protesters, with officers using batons to strike demonstrators, who threw barriers.
    — Joseph Wilson, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The election is taking place amid heightened political tensions in Serbia, with reports of incidents and physical altercations at campaign events.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of altercations
Noun
  • Bob Beatty, a Washburn political science professor, said that bringing in an outside consultant at this stage could help Marshall push back against several controversies that have hampered his campaign.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The First Proof team has received many requests to test open-weight models from mathematicians concerned about privacy after recent high-profile controversies.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of controversies
Noun
  • Pretoria has refused, despite disagreements within the coalition government.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Put Disagreements In Writing First Put disagreements in writing before anyone argues them out loud.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of disagreements
Noun
  • The overtones of social significance are adroitly handled and make real sense in an era of tragic international quarrels.
    — THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike Christian priests and medicine men, who generally command respect, rainmakers are sometimes seen as malicious people who retaliate against whole communities for quarrels with their neighbors.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of quarrels
Noun
  • The trailer also featured glimpses of steamy makeouts, ATV chases down the beach, fiery explosions, and good ol’ bar fights.
    — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Director Christopher Nolan uses the premise to stage spectacular sequences where cars reverse down freeways at high speed, cause and effect goes topsy-turvy, and fights are just, well, weird.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of fights
Noun
  • The potential candidates will also hear more cynical arguments in favor of running no matter what.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Both were sharp, original and capable of making arguments more sophisticated than those of many of their peers.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of arguments
Noun
  • Four Hands, Two Sonatas ends with Jeong-yo and Pi-o together again, seemingly free of the pressures and misunderstandings that plagued them for so long.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Arendt herself complicated matters by calling it journalism instead of philosophy, which added to the misunderstandings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of misunderstandings

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“Imbroglios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbroglios. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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