🔄 Synonyms of "Embroil"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sweepnoun | (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
| dragverb | (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it. |
| tanglenoun | (transitive) To mix together or intertwine. |
| sweep upverb | (ambitransitive) To clean by sweeping. |
| drag inverb | (transitive) To get into a course of action by forceful means. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Embroil"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tangleverb | (transitive) To mix together or intertwine. |
| sweep upverb | (ambitransitive) To clean by sweeping. |
| sweepverb | (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
| drag inverb | (transitive) To get into a course of action by forceful means. |
| dragverb | (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. |
| entangleverb | (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated. |
| involveverb | To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation. |
| perplexverb | (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. |
| convolutenoun | (transitive) To make unnecessarily complex. |
| confuseverb | (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand |
| complicateverb | (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. |
| bemuddleverb | (archaic) to confuse, distort |
| muddlenoun | A mixture; a confusion; a garble. |
| confuddleverb | (informal, transitive) To confuse thoroughly. |
| muddle upverb | (transitive) To mix together |
| quagmirenoun | (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. |
| embrangleverb | (transitive) To embroil. |
| bejumbleverb | (transitive) To throw into confusion; jumble. |
| confoundverb | To perplex or puzzle. |
| confusticateverb | (transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex. |
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