Embroil
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪəl, -ɔɪl
Origin
Borrowing from fr embrouiller.
Full definition of embroil
Verb
- To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
- Drydenthe royal house embroiled in civil war
- To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
- AddisonThe Christian antiquities at Rome ... are so embroiled with fable and legend.