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Embroil

🔄 Synonyms of "Embroil"

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WordDefinition
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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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.
involveverbTo 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
muddlenounA 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.
confoundverbTo perplex or puzzle.
confusticateverb(transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex.

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