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Definition of Contretemps
1. Noun. An awkward clash. "He tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
Definition of Contretemps
1. n. An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.
Definition of Contretemps
1. Noun. An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event; a hitch ¹
2. Noun. (fencing) An ill-timed pass. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contretemps
1. [n CONTRETEMPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contretemps
Literary usage of Contretemps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... THE contretemps * ' IV * 1 A FORWARD rush by the lamp in .i*- the gloom, And
we clasped- and almost kissed ; ^ut she was riot the woman whom , . ..."
2. Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock by A. R. Hancock (1999)
"CHAPTER I. Marriage-contretemps of the evening-Removal to Jefferson Barracks-Their
dilapidated condition-Lieutenant Hancock's love of trees and ..."
3. The Old Régime: Court, Salons, and Theatres by Elliot Jackson, Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1896)
"A Vexatious contretemps. jHE fast waning popularity of Crebillon experienced a
temporary revival through the success of his tragedy of " Catalina. ..."
4. Recollections, 1832 to 1886 by Algernon West (1900)
"... Michael Hicks-Beach—The New Cabinet—contretemps about Lord Granville—Riots of
the Unemployed—Financial Conversation with Mr. Chamberlain—First Interview ..."
5. Operation Just Cause: Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Panama by Ronald H. Cole (1996)
"... the media from eavesdropping on negotiations between Cisneros and Laboa.12 contretemps
over Cuban and Nicaraguan Diplomatic Privileges On 28 December, ..."
6. Our Viceregal Life in India: Selections from My Journal, 1884-1888 by Hamilton Dufferin And Ava (1890)
"... and they left after dinner. We were all quite sorry to part with them. They are
both so nice, and seem to enjoy everything, and no contretemps of ..."
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