Usually means: Involving deeply in conflict, complexity.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 15 dictionaries that define the word embroiling:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. embroiling: Merriam-Webster
  2. embroiling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. embroiling: Vocabulary.com
  4. embroiling: Wordnik
  5. embroiling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. embroiling: Wiktionary
  7. Embroiling, embroiling: Dictionary.com
  8. embroiling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Embroiling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Embroiling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. embroiling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. embroiling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. embroiling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. embroiling: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. embroiling: Legal dictionary

(Note: See embroil as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (embroil)

verb:  To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
verb:  To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.
noun:  A state of confusion or uproar; a commotion, a disturbance; also, a quarrel.
noun:  A state of anxiety or disturbance of the mind.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete, rare) To set (something) on fire; to burn (something).
▸ Also see embroil


Opposite:

Words similar to embroiling

Usage examples for embroiling

Idioms related to embroiling

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing embroiling

Words that often appear near embroiling

Rhymes of embroiling

Invented words related to embroiling

Similar:

Opposite:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Compound Your Joy