'Embroiled' definitions:
Definition of 'embroiled'
From: WordNet
adjective
Deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs" [syn: embroiled, entangled]
Definition of 'Embroiled'
From: GCIDE
- Embroil \Em*broil"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. [1913 Webster]
- The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison.
- Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. [1913 Webster]