Definition for Contretemps:

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

Synonyms for Contretemps:

• n.

  •
  • confrontation,
  • conflict,
  • argument.
  •
  • help,
  • mischance,
  • surprise,
  • accident.
  •adversity (noun)
  • blight,
  • tragedy,
  • hardship,
  • catastrophe,
  • casualty,
  • affliction,
  • rainy day,
  • dolor,
  • burden,
  • tribulation,
  • hard times,
  • infliction,
  • grief,
  • misadventure,
  • trouble,
  • bane,
  • ordeal,
  • calamity,
  • misfortune,
  • distress,
  • woe,
  • misery,
  • agony,
  • torment,
  • curse,
  • poverty,
  • disaster,
  • bad luck,
  • hard luck,
  • trial,
  • poorness,
  • difficulty,
  • peril,
  • adversity,
  • destitution,
  • mishap.
  •awkward (noun)
  • disaster,
  • mishap,
  • predicament,
  • misfortune,
  • embarrassment,
  • misadventure.
  •contretemps (noun)
  • predicament,
  • misfortune,
  • misadventure,
  • difficulty,
  • hitch,
  • tiff,
  • clash,
  • mishap,
  • brush,
  • accident.
  •difference (noun)
  • set-to.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mischance.
  •
  • accident.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dole,
  • spat,
  • damage,
  • unreasonableness,
  • collision,
  • conflict,
  • controversy,
  • disagreement,
  • knot,
  • Kickup,
  • Intempestivity,
  • fight,
  • difference,
  • impediment,
  • reverse,
  • anachronism,
  • row,
  • check,
  • hitch,
  • setback,
  • let,
  • crash,
  • blunder,
  • help,
  • accident,
  • ADJ,
  • bang,
  • set-to,
  • brush,
  • tiff,
  • blow,
  • error,
  • predicament,
  • smash,
  • comedown,
  • gaffe,
  • rub,
  • brawl,
  • intrusion,
  • argument,
  • faux pas,
  • shock,
  • blast,
  • run-in,
  • dispute,
  • donnybrook,
  • surprise,
  • misunderstanding,
  • rhubarb,
  • clash,
  • obstruction,
  • imbroglio,
  • quarrel,
  • wrangle,
  • falling out,
  • confrontation,
  • scrap,
  • smashup,
  • hassle,
  • combat,
  • altercation,
  • set back,
  • unsuitable time,
  • bad news,
  • Unluckiness,
  • shipwreck,
  • bicker,
  • squabble,
  • mischance,
  • unseasonableness,
  • Backset,
  • unlucky day,
  • Knag,
  • embarrassment,
  • obstacle,
  • encounter,
  • inexpedience,
  • off-year,
  • cross,
  • pileup,
  • skirmish,
  • infelicity,
  • wreck,
  • argle-bargle,
  • fatality,
  • undoing,
  • evil hour,
  • cataclysm,
  • argy-bargy.

Antonyms for Contretemps:

• n.

  • awkward
    good fortune, blessing, triumph, success, good luck.

Hyponym for Contretemps:

• n.

  • act
    clash, encounter, skirmish, brush.