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   The meaning of CONTRETEMPS is an inopportune or embarrassing occurrence or situation. How to use contretemps in a sentence. Did you know?

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   CONTRETEMPS definition: 1. a small argument or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing social embarrassment…. Learn more.

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   A complete guide to the word "CONTRETEMPS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

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   A contretemps is a badly-timed event or an embarrassing situation. Did you see the outfielders run into each other and the shortstop slip and fall in the mud? Don't laugh — we all have our contretemps.

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   Aug 17, 2019 · The contretemps finally faded and the grocery was sold. My colleague Jesse Singal has a sane summary of the contretemps here. At some point, on-court drama will trump off-court contretemps, almost every time. The whole contretemps has left a lingering distrust of his family in the public’s mind.

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   Contretemps definition: an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance. See examples of CONTRETEMPS used in a sentence.

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   What is an example of a contretemps?

   • A contretemps is a small disagreement that is rather embarrassing. [literary] [...] • argument, disagreement, quarrel, row [...] • mishap, mistake, difficulty, accident [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins.

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   What does contretemps mean?

   • From the fencing bout contretemps slid gracefully onto the dance floor, a contretemps being a step danced on an unaccented beat. Both meanings are in keeping with the word’s French roots, contre- (meaning "counter") and temps (meaning "time"). (The word’s English pronunciation is also in keeping with those roots: \KAHN-truh-tahn\.)

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   What is a contretemps in baseball?

   • A contretemps is a badly-timed event or an embarrassing situation. Did you see the outfielders run into each other and the shortstop slip and fall in the mud? Don't laugh — we all have our contretemps. The word contretemps, pronounced "CON-tre-tahn," is French — contre means "against" and temps means "time."

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   Did you know about contretemps?

   • Did you know? Did you know? When contretemps first appeared in English in the 1600s, it did so in the context of fencing: a contretemps was a thrust or pass made at the wrong time, whether the wrongness of the time had to do with one’s lack of skill or an opponent’s proficiency.

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   How do you avoid a contretemps?

   • This contretemps, however, is avoided by placing wet weeds on the eggs and by the general moisture of the nest. Contretemps definition: an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance. See examples of CONTRETEMPS used in a sentence.

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   Does art have a contretemps?

   • On the other hand, when one comes to works of art by living artists, contretemps do sometimes occur. There was a slight contretemps over the figures: another source said that eight of those authorities were indebted to some extent.

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