embroil - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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Verb (1)embroiled, embroiling

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action“They were swept up by the events”“don't drag me into this business”Synonyms: tangle sweep sweep up drag drag inMore general involve

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Em·broil′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Embroiled; present participle & verbal noun Embroiling.]

Origin: F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.

1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

The royal house embroiled in civil war.— John Dryden

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

The Christian antiquities at Rome... are so embroiled with fable and legend.— Joseph Addison

Synonyms: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

Em·broil′ noun

See Embroilment.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54