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• to throw into confusion or disorder; entangle;
• (imbroglio)- a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or
bitter nature, as between persons or nations, ( ,
); Altogether it is a horrible imbroglio, and for
the moment I do not see my way out of the fog. — The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir
Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1.
• a confused heap; a tangle;
• (pell-mell)- in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner
• in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.; The crowd rushed
pell-mell into the store when the doors opened;
• overhasty or precipitate; rash: pell-mell spending;
• (harum-scarum)- reckless; rash; irresponsible; He had a harum-scarum
youth;
• disorganized; uncontrolled;
• (helter-skelter)- in headlong and disorderly haste; The children ran helterskelter
all over the house;
• (chaotic)- completely confused or disordered, ( ; ); The
scene outside was more chaotic, as protesters clashed with officers and broke
through metal barriers;
• (garbled)- confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, illogical, (
/ ); Thus the reader will then have no reason to fear
a garbled or partial account of personages so difficult to conceive or
understand. — The Hermits;
imbroglio : intricacy > intricate = convoluted = Byzantine = knotty : nexus = link
= connection
• (intricate)- complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make,
( / ; ; - ); "Medical acronyms and initialisms are
becoming more intricate, and Y-geners have raised them to a higher level of
complexity." — JAMA current issue;
• (convoluted)- complicated; intricately involved, ( - ;
); The enclosed letter was long, convoluted, and often confused. — An
Ill Fate Marshalling;
• (byzantine)- complex or intricate; Hazardous Waste constituted an entirely
separate department of even more byzantine complexity. — Terra Incognita;
• (knotty)- involved, intricate, or difficult, ( ; ; );
But his work proved a total failure; for the canvas was rough and knotty, and
the paint would not dry. — Self help; with illustrations of conduct and
perseverance;