Synonyms

embrangle

American

[em-brang-guhl] / ɛmˈbræŋ gəl /

verb (used with object)

embrangled, embrangling

to embroil.

embrangle British

/ ɪmˈbræŋɡəl /

verb

rare (tr) to confuse or entangle

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Other Word Forms

embranglement

noun

Etymology

Origin of embrangle

1655–65; em- ¹ + brangle (blend of brawl and wrangle )

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embrangled

They have a marshy, embrangled look full of thickets of line and pools of darkness.

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