contretemps
11 letters · noun · scores 3,400 in SpellHuntr
noun
an awkward clash
Contretemps in a sentence
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.
The small flap over the pronunciation of her name was but the first, and the least, of the contretemps of the succeeding session.
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