imbroglio UK /ɪmˈbɹəʊljəʊ/US /ɪmˈbɹoʊljoʊ/ noun1 •A complicated situation; an entanglement.Into the drawers and china pry, / Papers and books, a huge imbroglio! / Under a tea-cup he might lie, / Or creased, like dogs-ears, in a folio. — 1816 formsimbrogli · imbroglii · imbroglios