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Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
Joseph Conrad

Meaning of "embroil" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMBROIL

From French embrouiller, from brouiller to mingle, confuse.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMBROIL

embroil  [ɪmˈbrɔɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMBROIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Embroil is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb embroil in English.

WHAT DOES EMBROIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of embroil in the English dictionary

The definition of embroil in the dictionary is to involve in trouble, conflict, or argument. Other definition of embroil is to throw into a state of confusion or disorder; complicate; entangle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EMBROIL

PRESENT

Present
I embroil
you embroil
he/she/it embroils
we embroil
you embroil
they embroil
Present continuous
I am embroiling
you are embroiling
he/she/it is embroiling
we are embroiling
you are embroiling
they are embroiling
Present perfect
I have embroiled
you have embroiled
he/she/it has embroiled
we have embroiled
you have embroiled
they have embroiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been embroiling
you have been embroiling
he/she/it has been embroiling
we have been embroiling
you have been embroiling
they have been embroiling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I embroiled
you embroiled
he/she/it embroiled
we embroiled
you embroiled
they embroiled
Past continuous
I was embroiling
you were embroiling
he/she/it was embroiling
we were embroiling
you were embroiling
they were embroiling
Past perfect
I had embroiled
you had embroiled
he/she/it had embroiled
we had embroiled
you had embroiled
they had embroiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been embroiling
you had been embroiling
he/she/it had been embroiling
we had been embroiling
you had been embroiling
they had been embroiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will embroil
you will embroil
he/she/it will embroil
we will embroil
you will embroil
they will embroil
Future continuous
I will be embroiling
you will be embroiling
he/she/it will be embroiling
we will be embroiling
you will be embroiling
they will be embroiling
Future perfect
I will have embroiled
you will have embroiled
he/she/it will have embroiled
we will have embroiled
you will have embroiled
they will have embroiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been embroiling
you will have been embroiling
he/she/it will have been embroiling
we will have been embroiling
you will have been embroiling
they will have been embroiling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would embroil
you would embroil
he/she/it would embroil
we would embroil
you would embroil
they would embroil
Conditional continuous
I would be embroiling
you would be embroiling
he/she/it would be embroiling
we would be embroiling
you would be embroiling
they would be embroiling
Conditional perfect
I would have embroil
you would have embroil
he/she/it would have embroil
we would have embroil
you would have embroil
they would have embroil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been embroiling
you would have been embroiling
he/she/it would have been embroiling
we would have been embroiling
you would have been embroiling
they would have been embroiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you embroil
we let´s embroil
you embroil
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to embroil
Past participle
embroiled
Present Participle
embroiling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMBROIL


boil
bɔɪl
Boyle
bɔɪl
broil
brɔɪl
charbroil
ˈtʃɑːˌbrɔɪl
coil
kɔɪl
disembroil
ˌdɪsɪmˈbrɔɪl
Doyle
dɔɪl
droil
drɔɪl
foil
fɔɪl
Hoyle
hɔɪl
oil
ɔɪl
panbroil
ˈpænˌbrɔɪl
recoil
rɪˈkɔɪl
roil
rɔɪl
scroyle
skrɔɪl
soil
sɔɪl
spoil
spɔɪl
toil
tɔɪl
turmoil
ˈtɜːmɔɪl
voile
vɔɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMBROIL

embrittlement
embrocate
embrocation
embroider
embroiderer
embroideries
embroidery
embroidery frame
embroidery silk
embroidery thread
embroiled
embroiler
embroilment
embrown
embrue
embruement
embruing
embryectomies
embryectomy
embryo

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMBROIL

aluminum foil
argan oil
burn the midnight oil
coconut oil
cooking oil
crude oil
essential oil
fuel oil
gas oil
heavy crude oil
motor oil
olive oil
palm oil
sunflower oil
sunflower seed oil
the good oil
the soil
tung oil
vegetable oil
virgin olive oil

Synonyms and antonyms of embroil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EMBROIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «embroil» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of embroil

Translation of «embroil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMBROIL

Find out the translation of embroil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of embroil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «embroil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牵连
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

embrollar
570 millions of speakers

English

embroil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उलझाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توريط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поссорить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

embroil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেঁচান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brouiller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merangkul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwickeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

巻き込む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휩쓸어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Embroil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trộn lộn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஈடுபடுவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

embroil
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uwikłać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посварити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încurca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

embroil
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

war
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trassla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

embroil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of embroil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBROIL»

The term «embroil» is regularly used and occupies the 82.707 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBROIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «embroil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «embroil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about embroil

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «EMBROIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word embroil.
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Joseph Conrad
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBROIL»

Discover the use of embroil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to embroil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gentleman's Magazine
Sir, — Being of opinion you endeavoured to embroil me with women, and by other means, I was so much affected with it, that when one told me you were sickly and would not live, I answered 'twere better you were dead. I desire you to forgive ...
John Nichols, 1842
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
EMBROIL, v. a. Fr. brouiller. To disturb; confuse; distract; throw into commotion; to involve in dissension or discord. I had no passion, design, or preparation to embroil my kingdom in a civil war. King Charles Rumour next, and chance, And ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
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Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
But this so wretched state are kingdoms in Where one man's course shall all the rest embroil. Daniel. History of the Civil Wart, book v. Which now [his Muse] (but little past half her long way) Stands stumbling at the horrours that succeed ; Weary ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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Hindi Kriya Kosh
(fotft ^t- - ) [to come to a place and] to confuse (s.o.) (in a quarrel...) [and to go away again] 12. (fotft ^t_ W&- 1 ~) [to come to a place and] to embroil (s.o.) (in a quarrel...) [and to go away again] 13. (3TeT,3rT_ ~ ) to entangle/to entwine (s.o.'s hair ...
Helmut Nesiptaal, 2008
5
Building Vocabulary for College
4. embroil (em BROIL)—verb Amy's grandparents said they didn't want to □ embroil themselves in a family dispute when Amy asked them to help persuade her parents to buy her a car. Don't □ embroil me in the conversation if it has anything ...
R. Kent Smith, 2012
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
I had no passion, design, or preparation to embroil my kingdom in a civil war. King Charles, Rumour neat, and chance. And tumult and confusion, all embroiled . And dUcord with a thousand various mouths. Hillm. When she found her venom  ...
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
Th EMBROIL, -v. a. [brouiller, FY.] 1. To diituib ; to confuse; to distract; to throw into commotion ; to involve into troubles by dissension and discord. — I had ao passion, design or prepara- tion to embroil my kingdom into a civil war. ZLig Charles ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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The Gentleman's and London Magazine
In order to bring this about, no means were found more proper, than to embroil the kingirreconcileably with the Czarina, and to provoke that princess by ail forts of false insinuations, impostures, and the most atrocious calumnies. The publick ...
9
Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
292 embroil v. involve deeply in a conflict or difficult situation. – origin French embrouiller'to muddle'. embryo /em-bri-oh/ n. (pl. embryos) 1 an unborn animal in the process of development, especially an unborn human being in the first eight ...
Maurice Waite, 2013
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A Narrative of the Proceedings of the General Synod, which ...
... become my hearers, and therefore desired the Synod might grant them Suppliers£ It was then proposed that an attempt shou'd be made to unite the two Parties ; to which it was added that the Synod ought not to embroil themselves with a ...
Richard AP RICHARD, 1739

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMBROIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term embroil is used in the context of the following news items.
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Western Scandals in the Middle East
It operates terrorist cells to attack Israeli civilians and to embroil the Palestinian Authority in another intifada, with the goal of toppling it. «Gatestone Institute, Jul 15»
2
Senate Panel Grills US Military Leaders Over IS Strategy
Another Republican, Jeff Sessions, said Obama's 2008 campaign pledge not to embroil the United States in another ground war in the Middle ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
3
Immigration laws embroil Sunshine Coast man's adoption
For just under 10 years, the Sunshine Coast local has been trying to get his wife's nieces to Australia after they were abandoned by their father ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
4
Right to Information Act
... Information Commission's orders, the government can easily challenge it in the district and sessions courts, and embroil the process in never ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Looming uncertainty
While, in parenthesis, we must hope that off the field he ceases to embroil himself in embarrassing situations. The Football Association have recently fined him ... «Sportstar, Jul 15»
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Ncikazi: I'm not going to be like Komphela at Maritzburg United
Meanwhile, the Pietermaritzburg-based side is still embroil in a court battle with Komphela over compensation for his release which club ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
7
Leland Yee case: The FBI hooks a politician
After they had done that, they began to embroil him in the matter that brings him to his plea today.” Jackson's drug-dealer son and a partner in ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
8
Troubled Gulf Keystone Faces New Board Exodus
The move threatens to embroil Gulf Keystone in a renewed corporate governance crisis, and raises the bizarre prospect of its new chief ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
9
Ex-Calif. Sen. Leland Yee Pleads Guilty in Chinatown Corruption Case
After they had done that, they began to embroil him in the matter that brings him to his plea today. Mr. Jackson has contributed a great deal to ... «NBC Bay Area, Jul 15»
10
Metast(ISIS) — the menace keeps on spreading
Maybe, but the goal is to embroil Israel. Here's the global tally: Groups linked to, or inspired by, what President Obama once called a JV team ... «New York Post, Jul 15»

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