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contretemps

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒn.tɹə.tɑ̃ŋ/Part of speech nounSorted ceemnoprsttStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an awkward clash

Word origin

Borrowed from French contretemps.

Used in a sentence

  • "I see that you are a born American citizen--and an earlier knowledge of that fact would have prevented this little contretemps. You are aware, Mr. Hoffman, that your name is German?"
  • What a strange contretemps! Its suddenness left me temporarily speechless; the embarrassment of Duare was only too obvious. Yet it was that unusual paradox, a happy contretemps--for me at least.
  • Mrs. Post was the center of a notable contretemps when she spilled a spoonful of berries at a dinner of the Gourmet Society here in 1938.

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