What is another word for embroil?
825 synonyms found
What does embroil mean?
Does embroil mean?
How do you say embroil in french?
Pronunciation:
[ ɛmbɹˈɔ͡ɪl], [ ɛmbɹˈɔɪl], [ ɛ_m_b_ɹ_ˈɔɪ_l]
Embroil is a verb that means to involve in an argument or a difficult situation. There are several synonyms for the word "embroil," such as entangle, ensnare, implicate, and complicate. These words convey the same sense that one is being drawn into a situation that is causing conflict or creating difficulties. Other synonyms for "embroil" include mire, enmesh, snarl, and tangle, all of which convey a sense of being caught up in a situation that is becoming increasingly complicated. Whatever the synonym used, the sense of being embroiled in something is never a pleasant experience.
Related words: sew, embroider, embroidery, needlepoint, needlepoint embroidery, needlepoint kit
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Synonyms for Embroil:
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• complicate- adds fuel fire ,
- adds fuel to fire ,
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- de range ,
- de ranged ,
- de ranges ,
- de ranging ,
- de-range ,
- de-ranged ,
- de-ranges ,
- de-ranging ,
- dis arrange ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arranges ,
- dis arranging ,
- dis-arrange ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arranges ,
- dis-arranging ,
- in folded ,
- in folding ,
- in folds ,
- in-fold ,
- in-folded ,
- in-folding ,
- in-folds ,
- inter fuse ,
- inter fused ,
- inter fuses ,
- inter fusing ,
- inter relate ,
- inter related ,
- inter relates ,
- inter relating ,
- inter weave ,
- inter weaved ,
- inter weaves ,
- inter weaving ,
- inter wove ,
- inter woven ,
- inter-fuse ,
- inter-fused ,
- inter-fuses ,
- inter-fusing ,
- inter-relates ,
- inter-weave ,
- inter-weaved ,
- inter-weaves ,
- inter-weaving ,
- inter-wove ,
- interfuses ,
- made intricate ,
- made waves ,
- makes intricate ,
- making intricate ,
- making waves ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- multi plying ,
- multi-plied ,
- multi-plying ,
- open can worms ,
- opened can of worms ,
- opened can worms ,
- opening can of worms ,
- opening can worms ,
- opens can of worms ,
- opens can worms ,
- rendered unintelligible ,
- rendering unintelligible ,
- renders unintelligible ,
- snafuing ,
- snarling up ,
- snarls up ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- bedlamized ,
- bedlamizes ,
- bedlamizing ,
- dis array ,
- dis arrayed ,
- dis arraying ,
- dis arrays ,
- dis create ,
- dis created ,
- dis creates ,
- dis creating ,
- dis-array ,
- dis-arrayed ,
- dis-arraying ,
- dis-arrays ,
- dis-create ,
- dis-created ,
- dis-creates ,
- dis-creating ,
- discreated ,
- discreates ,
- discreating ,
- inter mingle ,
- inter mingled ,
- inter mingles ,
- inter mingling ,
- inter-mingle ,
- inter-mingled ,
- inter-mingles ,
- inter-mingling ,
- mis take ,
- mis taken ,
- mis takes ,
- mis taking ,
- mis took ,
- mis-take ,
- mis-takes ,
- mis-taking ,
- mis-took ,
- musses up ,
- mussing up .
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis joint ,
- dis jointed ,
- dis jointing ,
- dis joints ,
- dis locate ,
- dis located ,
- dis locates ,
- dis locating ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis temper ,
- dis tempered ,
- dis tempering ,
- dis tempers ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-joint ,
- dis-jointed ,
- dis-jointing ,
- dis-joints ,
- dis-locate ,
- dis-located ,
- dis-locates ,
- dis-locating ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders ,
- dis-temper ,
- dis-tempered ,
- dis-tempering ,
- dis-tempers ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settles ,
- un-settling .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- de mobilize ,
- de mobilized ,
- de mobilizes ,
- de mobilizing ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-mobilize ,
- de-mobilized ,
- de-mobilizes ,
- de-mobilizing ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis band ,
- dis banded ,
- dis banding ,
- dis bands ,
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis perse ,
- dis-band ,
- dis-banded ,
- dis-banding ,
- dis-bands ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- dis-perse ,
- mis laid ,
- mis lay ,
- mis laying ,
- mis lays ,
- mis place ,
- mis placed ,
- mis places ,
- mis placing ,
- mis-laid ,
- mis-lay ,
- mis-laying ,
- mis-lays ,
- mis-place ,
- mis-places ,
- mis-placing ,
- put out order ,
- puts out of order ,
- puts out order ,
- putting out of order ,
- putting out order ,
- turn topsy turvy ,
- turn topsyturvy ,
- turned topsy turvy ,
- turned topsy-turvy ,
- turned topsyturvy ,
- turning topsy turvy ,
- turning topsy-turvy ,
- turning topsyturvy ,
- turns topsy turvy ,
- turns topsy-turvy ,
- turns topsyturvy .
- boxed in ,
- boxing in ,
- drag in to ,
- dragged in to ,
- dragged into ,
- dragging in to ,
- dragging into ,
- drags in to ,
- drags into ,
- drawing in ,
- draws in ,
- in criminate ,
- in criminates ,
- in criminating ,
- in-criminate ,
- in-criminated ,
- in-criminates ,
- in-criminating ,
- laid a trap for ,
- laid for ,
- laid trap for ,
- lay trap for ,
- laying a trap for ,
- laying for ,
- laying trap for ,
- lays a trap for ,
- lays for ,
- lays trap for ,
- made party to ,
- makes party to ,
- making party to .
- bats eyes at ,
- batted eyes at ,
- batting eyes at ,
- de coy ,
- de coyed ,
- de coying ,
- de coys ,
- de-coy ,
- de-coyed ,
- de-coying ,
- de-coys ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- ropes in ,
- roping in ,
- sucking in ,
- sucks in .
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- duked in ,
- dukes in ,
- duking in ,
- inter tangle ,
- inter tangled ,
- inter tangles ,
- inter tangling ,
- inter twine ,
- inter twines ,
- inter twining ,
- inter-tangle ,
- inter-tangled ,
- inter-tangles ,
- inter-tangling ,
- inter-twine ,
- inter-twines ,
- inter-twining ,
- intertangled ,
- intertangles ,
- intertangling .
- Benetted ,
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be net ,
- be nets ,
- be netted ,
- be netting ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- be-net ,
- be-nets ,
- be-netted ,
- be-netting ,
- benets ,
- benetting ,
- reeled in ,
- reeling in ,
- reels in .
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating ,
- laid at door ,
- laid at one door ,
- laid at one's door ,
- laid at ones door ,
- laid door ,
- laid one door ,
- laid one's door ,
- laid ones door ,
- lay at one door ,
- lay at ones door ,
- lay door ,
- lay one door ,
- lay one's door ,
- lay ones door ,
- laying at door ,
- laying at one door ,
- laying at one's door ,
- laying at ones door ,
- laying door ,
- laying one door ,
- laying one's door ,
- laying ones door ,
- lays at door ,
- lays at one door ,
- lays at one's door ,
- lays at ones door ,
- lays door ,
- lays one door ,
- lays one's door ,
- lays ones door ,
- pointed finger at ,
- pointing finger at ,
- points finger at ,
- re late ,
- re-lated .
- de note ,
- de noted ,
- de notes ,
- de noting ,
- de-note ,
- de-noted ,
- de-notes ,
- de-noting ,
- in corporate ,
- in corporates ,
- in-corporate ,
- in-corporates ,
- points to ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre occupies ,
- pre occupy ,
- pre suppose ,
- pre supposed ,
- pre supposes ,
- pre supposing ,
- pre-occupied ,
- pre-occupies ,
- pre-occupy ,
- pre-occupying ,
- pre-suppose ,
- pre-supposed ,
- pre-supposes ,
- pre-supposing ,
- re quire ,
- re quired ,
- re quires ,
- re quiring ,
- re-quire ,
- re-quired ,
- re-quires ,
- re-quiring ,
- rivetted ,
- rivetting ,
- wrap in ,
- wrapping in ,
- wrapping up in ,
- wraps in ,
- wraps up in ,
- wrapt in ,
- wrapt up in .
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- slowing down ,
- slowing up ,
- slows down ,
- slows up .
- am at loggerheads ,
- am loggerheads ,
- are at loggerheads ,
- are loggerheads ,
- art at loggerheads ,
- art loggerheads ,
- be loggerheads ,
- being at loggerheads ,
- being loggerheads ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis sent ,
- dis sents ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- dis-sent ,
- dis-sents ,
- fell out ,
- finds fault ,
- found fault ,
- gat tough with ,
- gets tough with ,
- getting tough with ,
- got tough with ,
- gotten tough with ,
- had it out ,
- had out ,
- had words ,
- haddest it out ,
- haddest out ,
- haddest words ,
- hadst it out ,
- hadst out ,
- hadst words ,
- has it out ,
- has out ,
- has words ,
- hast it out ,
- hast out ,
- hast words ,
- hath it out ,
- hath out ,
- hath words ,
- have out ,
- having it out ,
- having out ,
- having words ,
- is at loggerheads ,
- is loggerheads ,
- mixed it up ,
- mixes it up ,
- mixing it up ,
- mixt it up ,
- objected to ,
- objecting to ,
- objects to ,
- sets to ,
- setting to ,
- takes exception ,
- took exception ,
- was at loggerheads ,
- was loggerheads ,
- wast at loggerheads ,
- wast loggerheads ,
- were at loggerheads ,
- were loggerheads ,
- wert at loggerheads ,
- wert loggerheads .
- inter lace ,
- inter laced ,
- inter laces ,
- inter lacing ,
- inter lock ,
- inter locked ,
- inter locking ,
- inter locks ,
- inter twist ,
- inter twisted ,
- inter twisting ,
- inter twists ,
- inter-lace ,
- inter-laced ,
- inter-laces ,
- inter-lacing ,
- inter-lock ,
- inter-locked ,
- inter-locking ,
- inter-locks ,
- inter-twist ,
- inter-twisted ,
- inter-twisting ,
- inter-twists ,
- intertwists ,
- made a party to ,
- makes a party to ,
- making a party to ,
- un balance ,
- un balances ,
- un balancing ,
- un-balance ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-balances ,
- un-balancing .
Other synonyms:
- embrangle .
- catch up ,
- mix up ,
- participate ,
- suck .
Other relevant words:
- Altercated ,
- Altercating ,
- Entrapped ,
- Intertangle ,
- Intertwist ,
- Kinked ,
- Kinking ,
- Quarrelled ,
- Riveted ,
- Spatted ,
- Spatting ,
- altercate ,
- altercates ,
- be at loggerheads ,
- benet ,
- box in ,
- boxes in ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- complicate ,
- confuse ,
- disorder ,
- disorganize ,
- drag into ,
- draw in ,
- drew in ,
- duke in ,
- enchain ,
- enchained ,
- enchaining ,
- enchains ,
- enmesh ,
- enmeshed ,
- ensnare ,
- ensnarl ,
- entangle ,
- entrap ,
- fettered ,
- get tough with ,
- hang up ,
- have it out ,
- have words ,
- implicate ,
- incriminate ,
- inter-twined ,
- intertwines ,
- intertwisted ,
- intertwisting ,
- involve ,
- involved ,
- lay a trap for ,
- lay at door ,
- lay at one's door ,
- lay for ,
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- make a party to ,
- make party to ,
- matted ,
- mire ,
- mislay ,
- mix it up ,
- mucked ,
- mucking ,
- object to ,
- point finger at ,
- point to ,
- pointed to ,
- pointing to ,
- put out of order ,
- reel in ,
- set back ,
- set to ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slowed down ,
- slowed up ,
- snarl ,
- take exception ,
- taking exception ,
- tangle ,
- tangled ,
- trammel ,
- turn topsy-turvy ,
- unbalancing ,
- wrap up in ,
- wrapped in ,
- wrapped up in .
- Interfuse ,
- embroiled ,
- in fold ,
- inter-relate ,
- inter-related ,
- inter-relating ,
- inter-woven ,
- interfused ,
- interfusing ,
- interrelate ,
- interrelated ,
- interrelates ,
- interrelating ,
- make intricate ,
- make waves ,
- makes waves ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- open can of worms ,
- render unintelligible ,
- snafued ,
- snarl up ,
- snarled up ,
- up set .
- Misarrange ,
- PSYCH ,
- accept ,
- addle ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- agitate ,
- associate ,
- assortment ,
- attract ,
- baffling ,
- befog ,
- bewilder ,
- bog ,
- break with ,
- broil ,
- broom ,
- brush ,
- bug ,
- cart ,
- catch ,
- cause trouble ,
- commingle ,
- comprise ,
- compromise ,
- confound ,
- confusion ,
- convoluted ,
- convulse ,
- cross ,
- declare war ,
- depict ,
- derive ,
- describe ,
- devious ,
- difficult ,
- disarrange ,
- discombobulate ,
- discompose ,
- disconcert ,
- dishevel ,
- displace ,
- distract ,
- disturb ,
- disunite ,
- drag on ,
- drag out ,
- draw ,
- dredge ,
- drop behind ,
- elaborate ,
- embarrass ,
- embrace ,
- embroilment ,
- entanglement ,
- espouse ,
- foul ,
- fumble ,
- get behind ,
- gnarled ,
- hale ,
- hang back ,
- hard ,
- haul ,
- huddle ,
- hustle ,
- imbroglio ,
- impede ,
- imply ,
- include ,
- inextricable ,
- intricate ,
- join issue ,
- jumble ,
- knobbed ,
- knot ,
- knotty ,
- labyrinth ,
- labyrinthian ,
- labyrinthine ,
- mat ,
- maze ,
- medley ,
- melange ,
- melee ,
- miscellanea ,
- miscellany ,
- misplace ,
- mixture ,
- muddle ,
- muss ,
- obscure ,
- overwhelm ,
- pastiche ,
- perplex ,
- perturb ,
- pit against ,
- potpourri ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- promiscuity ,
- puff ,
- randomize ,
- ravel ,
- riot ,
- sail ,
- scuff ,
- set against ,
- set at odds ,
- shuffle ,
- snag ,
- sow dissension ,
- span ,
- split ,
- spook ,
- sweep away ,
- swing ,
- swing out ,
- throw ,
- throw into confusion ,
- throw into disorder ,
- tortuous ,
- toss ,
- tousle ,
- trail ,
- traverse ,
- tricky ,
- trouble ,
- tumble ,
- twist ,
- twisty ,
- unsettle ,
- upset .
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How to use "Embroil" in context?
Embroil is a method of cooking in which the food is encased in an enveloping layer of fat, usually oil or butter. The term is an Anglicization of the French embouiller, meaning to enrobe or envelop.
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