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 Definitions of embroil  [ɛmˈbrɔɪl]  

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Definition of 'embroil' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) embroil
to involve in conflict.

2.  embroil
to throw into confusion.

Etymology:  (1595–1605; < MF embrouiller=em-em -1+brouiller to broil2)

Definition of 'embroil' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
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"


Definition of 'embroil' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) embroil
see Embroilment

2. (verb) embroil
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

3. (verb) embroil
to implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble


Translation of 'embroil' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to involve (a person) in a quarrel or in a difficult situation
I do not wish to become embroiled in their family quarrels.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verwikkel Arabic flag Arabic: يُوَرِّطُ ، يَزُجُّ في نِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: въвличам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: envolver Czech flag Czech: zaplést se German flag German: verwickeln
Danish flag Danish: inddrage; blande ind Greek flag Greek: μπλέκω σε καβγά Spanish flag Spanish: enredar (a alguien) en al
Estonian flag Estonian: (kedagi millessegi) segam Farsi flag Farsi: گرفتار کردن؛ درگیر کردن Finnish flag Finnish: sotkea
French flag French: mêler à Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְסָבֵּך, לְסָכסֵך Hindi flag Hindi: उलझना
Croatian flag Croatian: uplesti Hungarian flag Hungarian: belekever Indonesian flag Indonesian: melibatkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: flækja(st) í illdeilur Italian flag Italian: coinvolgere, immischiare Japanese flag Japanese: 巻き込む
Korean flag Korean: 다투게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įvelti, įpainioti Latvian flag Latvian: iejaukt; ievilkt (nepatik
Malay flag Malay: membabitkan Dutch flag Dutch: verwikkelen Norwegian flag Norwegian: rote (seg) opp i, bli inn
Polish flag Polish: wplątać Persian flag Persian: گرفتار کردن؛ درگیر کردن Pashto flag Pashto: په جنګ اچول، ګډوډول، په ګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: envolver Romanian flag Romanian: a (se) amesteca Russian flag Russian: ввязываться
Slovak flag Slovak: zapliesť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: zaplesti Serbian flag Serbian: uplesti se
Swedish flag Swedish: blanda in Thai flag Thai: ทำให้เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของ Turkish flag Turkish: sokmak, karıştırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使捲入糾紛 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: втягувати, вплутувати Urdu flag Urdu: کشمکش یا جھگڑے میں ملوّث
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lôi kéo ai Chinese flag Chinese: 使卷入纠纷

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