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- Dictionaryembroil/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
verb
- 1. involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation: "she became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew"
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EMBROIL definition: 1. to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation: 2. to cause…. Learn more.
1. : to throw into disorder or confusion. 2. : to involve in conflict or difficulties. embroiled in controversy. embroilment. im-ˈbrȯi (-ə)l-mənt. noun. Synonyms. bog (down) broil. embrangle. mire. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of embroil in a Sentence. His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy.
to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation: embroil yourself in something She had no desire to embroil herself in lengthy lawsuits with the tabloid newspapers. get someone/something embroiled in something The United Nations was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in civil war. Synonym. drag someone into something.
To embroil is to drag someone into a mess. If you're embroiled, you're in deep. Being embroiled is far worse, far messier, and generally far more long-term, than simply being "involved" with something.
embroil in British English. (ɪmˈbrɔɪl ) verb (transitive) 1. to involve (a person, oneself, etc) in trouble, conflict, or argument. 2. to throw (affairs) into a state of confusion or disorder; complicate; entangle. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Embroil definition: to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife.. See examples of EMBROIL used in a sentence.
1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid ... any step that may embroil us with Great Britain" (Alexander Hamilton). 2. To throw into confusion or disorder; entangle. [French embrouiller : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + brouiller, to confuse (from Old French; see broil2).] em·broil′ment n.
