Meanings
present singular third person embrangles · participle present embrangling · participle past embrangled · past embrangled
- transitiveTo embroil.
When it came to governments as hostile to Washington as the Sandinista, such an observation embrangles Sigal's larger claim about "official dominance of national and foreign news."
2003, Robert S. Leiken, Why Nicaragua Vanished: A Story of Reporters and Revolutionaries1 more example
Then there was poor Jacob Dodson, the half-witted boy, who ambled about cheerfully, undertaking messages and little helpful odds and ends for every one, which, however, poor Jacob managed always hopelessly to embrangle.
1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake more complicated or confused through entanglements
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Old Frenchen-
- Middle Englishen-
- Englishem-
- Englishbrangle
- Englishembrangle
Cite this entry
embrangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrangle
“embrangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrangle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embrangle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrangle.
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