embroiled : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embroiled	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for embroiled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embroiled adj deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs" Synonym(s): embroiled, entangled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embroil \Embroil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Imbroglio}.] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. The royal house embroiled* in civil war. --Dryden. 2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with [?]able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.