embroil
pronunciation
How to pronounce embroil in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbrɔɪl]
How to pronounce embroil in American English:
US [ɪm'brɔɪl]
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- Verb:
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Word Origin
- embroil (v.)
- c. 1600, "throw into disorder," from French embrouillier "entangle, confuse, embroil" (cognate of Italian imbrogliare), from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brouiller "confuse," from Old French brooillier (see broil (v.2)). Sense of "involve in a quarrel" is first attested c. 1610. Related: Embroiled; embroiling. Embrangle "mix confusedly" is from 1660s.
Example
- 1. I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems .
- 2. This could even , conceivably , embroil america .
- 3. Please do not embroil me in your squabbles .
- 4. The country at first did not want to become embroil in the battle .
- 5. Lu said infiniti would not become embroil ed in a price war.lu