Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of embroiling, or the state of being embroiled; a state of contention, perplexity, or confusion; disturbance; entanglement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.

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  • noun The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

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Examples

  • Our noun "embroilment," which also entered the language in the early 17th century, comes from the same source.

    Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day 2009

  • Our noun "embroilment," which also entered the language in the early 17th century, comes from the same source.

    Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day 2009

  • The most difficult task has been persuading the arts establishment that this is work to be taken seriously by art collectors and your regular visitor to Tate Modern, that it somehow transcends what we instinctively fear is an art contaminated by its embroilment with other disciplines.

    Exploring Science Through Art Emma Crichton-Miller 2010

  • Also, they were critical of Mr. Vekselberg's public shyness and his embroilment in a criminal investigation.

    Renova Nears Sulzer Takeover 2009

  • I have heard enough since I came here, to satisfy me that a cavalier of honour is free to take any part in this civil embroilment whilk he may find most convenient for his own peculiar.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • He knew that even in the dispute respecting the supremacy of Scotland, his Holiness had set up a claim to the kingdom which, in the temper of the times, might perhaps have been deemed superior both to that of Robert Bruce, and that of Edward of England, and he conceived his monarch would give him little thanks for any fresh embroilment which might take place with the Church.

    Castle Dangerous 2008

  • Hain in the meantime hasn't a clue what's going on and is beginning to realise that any further embroilment in Welsh Labour's campaign will almost certainly ruin what slim chances he had of becoming Deputy PM.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • And upon arriving in Belgrade Zimmermann wasted no time in demonstrating that American policy favored Albanian interests over those of the Serbs in this complex embroilment.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • And upon arriving in Belgrade Zimmermann wasted no time in demonstrating that American policy favored Albanian interests over those of the Serbs in this complex embroilment.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

  • And upon arriving in Belgrade Zimmermann wasted no time in demonstrating that American policy favored Albanian interests over those of the Serbs in this complex embroilment.

    Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

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