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EMBROIL Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word embroil. (exact relations)
There are 3 hypernyms of the word embroil. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for EMBROIL

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complicate
verbv
verb

• make more complicated

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

enmesh
verbv
verb

• entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

entangle
verbv
verb

• entrap

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

implicate
verbv
verb

• bring into intimate and incriminating connection

• impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

involve
verbv
verb

• connect closely and often incriminatingly

• engage as a participant

• have as a necessary feature

• require as useful, just, or proper

• contain as a part

• occupy or engage the interest of

• make complex or intricate or complicated

mire
verbv
noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

verb

• entrap

• cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• be unable to move further

• soil with mud, muck, or mire

snarl
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a vicious angry growl

• an angry vicious expression

• something jumbled or confused

verb

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

• make more complicated or confused through entanglements

drag
nounn
noun

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

verb

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

sweep
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a wide scope

• someone who cleans soot from chimneys

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

• a long oar used in an open boat

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

• a movement in an arc

verb

• sweep across or over

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

• sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• to cover or extend over an area or time period

• clean by sweeping

• win an overwhelming victory in or on

• cover the entire range of

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

tangle
verbv
noun

• a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

• something jumbled or confused

verb

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• tangle or complicate

• disarrange or rumple; dishevel

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

drag in
verbv
verb

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

sweep up
verbv
verb

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

Best Hypernyms For EMBROIL

Here is a list of related hypernyms for embroil, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (3)
involve complicate entangle

Alternatives for COMPLICATE

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