contretemps

Noun

Meaning

An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.

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Examples

he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman Source: Internet

After Marvin's absurd death, Vincent and Jules wash up in Jimmie's bathroom, where they get into a contretemps over a bloody hand towel. Source: Internet

Anne's education in France proved itself in later years, inspiring many new trends among the ladies and courtiers of England, and it may have been instrumental in pressing their King toward the culture-shattering contretemps with the Papacy itself. Source: Internet

Life contretemps was met by a bemused lopsided grin. Source: Internet

The mayor himself had to break up what the grappling gentlemen would have called "fisticuffs" back in their day, and the RCMP arrived to warn both men to grow up, security video captured the contretemps (which would later be used as evidence). Source: Internet

This past year was full of uncommon occurrences in Island sports, momentous wins and losses, some sea changes and a contretemps over much-needed repairs. Source: Internet

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