embroilment
n . 混乱;纠纷;争执
混乱;纠纷;争执
embroilment n 1 :
an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation [
synonym : {
imbroglio }, {
embroilment }]
Embroilment \
Em *
broil "
ment \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
embrouillement .]
The act of embroiling ,
or the condition of being embroiled ;
entanglement in a broil . --
Bp .
Burnet .
[
1913 Webster ]
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "
embroilment ":
action ,
ado ,
aerial combat ,
affray ,
agitation ,
altercation ,
argument ,
armored combat ,
battle ,
battle royal ,
bicker ,
bickering ,
blood feud ,
bluster ,
bobbery ,
boil ,
boiling ,
bother ,
brawl ,
broil ,
brouhaha ,
brush ,
bullfight ,
bustle ,
cacophony ,
chaos ,
churn ,
clash ,
clash of arms ,
cockfight ,
combat ,
commotion ,
conflict ,
contention ,
controversy ,
conturbation ,
discomposure ,
disorder ,
dispute ,
disquiet ,
disquietude ,
disturbance ,
dogfight ,
donnybrook ,
donnybrook fair ,
dustup ,
ebullience ,
ebullition ,
eddy ,
effervescence ,
enmeshment ,
exchange of blows ,
excitement ,
falling -
out ,
fanaticism ,
feery -
fary ,
ferment ,
fermentation ,
feud ,
fever ,
feverishness ,
fidgets ,
fight ,
fire fight ,
flap ,
fliting ,
flurry ,
fluster ,
flutteration ,
foment ,
fomentation ,
foofaraw ,
fracas ,
fray ,
free -
for -
all ,
frenzy ,
fume ,
furor ,
furore ,
fury ,
fuss ,
ground combat ,
hand -
to -
hand combat ,
hand -
to -
hand fight ,
hassle ,
helter -
skelter ,
house -
to -
house combat ,
hubbub ,
hurly -
burly ,
hurry ,
hurry -
scurry ,
imbroglio ,
inquietude ,
involvement ,
jitters ,
jumpiness ,
logomachy ,
maelstrom ,
malaise ,
melee ,
moil ,
naval combat ,
nerviness ,
nervosity ,
nervousness ,
open quarrel ,
pandemonium ,
passage of arms ,
passion ,
pell -
mell ,
perturbation ,
pitched battle ,
polemic ,
pother ,
quarrel ,
racket ,
rage ,
rampage ,
restlessness ,
riot ,
roil ,
rough -
and -
tumble ,
roughhouse ,
rout ,
row ,
ruckus ,
ruction ,
ruffle ,
rumble ,
rumpus ,
running fight ,
scramble ,
scrimmage ,
scuffle ,
seethe ,
seething ,
sharp words ,
shindy ,
shoving match ,
skirmish ,
slanging match ,
snarl ,
spat ,
squabble ,
stand -
up fight ,
stir ,
storminess ,
street fight ,
strife ,
struggle ,
swirl ,
swirling ,
tauromachy ,
tempestuousness ,
tiff ,
to -
do ,
trepidation ,
trepidity ,
trouble ,
tug -
of -
war ,
tumult ,
tumultuation ,
tumultuousness ,
turbidity ,
turbulence ,
turmoil ,
tussle ,
twitter ,
unease ,
unrest ,
uproar ,
upset ,
vendetta ,
vortex ,
whirl ,
wildness ,
words ,
wrangle ,
yeastiness ,
zeal ,
zealousness
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EMBROIL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of EMBROIL is to throw into disorder or confusion How to use embroil in a sentence
EMBROIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary EMBROIL definition: 1 to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation: 2 to cause… Learn more
EMBROILMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 4 meanings: 1 the act of involving a person, oneself, or others in trouble, conflict, or argument 2 a state of confusion or Click for more definitions
embroilment, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary Factsheet What does the noun embroilment mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun embroilment See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
Embroilment - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com embroilment Other forms: embroilments Definitions of embroilment noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation synonyms: imbroglio
Embroilment - definition of embroilment by The Free Dictionary To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid any step that may embroil us with Great Britain" (Alexander Hamilton) 2 To throw into confusion or disorder; entangle [French embrouiller : en-, intensive pref ; see en-1 + brouiller, to confuse (from Old French; see broil2) ] em·broil′ment n
embroil verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of embroil verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to involve somebody yourself in an argument or a difficult situation be become embroiled (in something) He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours embroil somebody yourself (in something) I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems Want to learn more?
Embroilment Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Embroilment definition: The condition of being <a>embroiled< a> in something; an <a>imbroglio< a> or <a>entanglement < a>
embroilment - Wiktionary, the free dictionary embroilment (countable and uncountable, plural embroilments) The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement
EMBROIL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Embroil definition: to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife See examples of EMBROIL used in a sentence