verb
Meaning 1
To embroil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
embrangle
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verb
Meaning 2
make more complicated or confused through entanglements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snarl, snarl up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complicate, perplex
Narrower terms: snafu
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English brangle English embrangle From em- + brangle.