embrangle

An obsolete verb meaning to confuse, entangle, or perplex; to throw into disorder or dispute.

• 🇷🇺Устаревший глагол, означающий запутывать, сбивать с толку или приводить в замешательство; вносить беспорядок или раздор.

1. To confuse or complicate C2 formal british

   To make something more complicated or confused, often by involving it in entanglements or disputes.

   • The legal dispute only served to embrangle the situation further.
   • His attempts to clarify the matter only embrangled the issue.
   • The conflicting reports embrangled the investigation.

   🇷🇺Запутывать

   Synonyms: complicateconfuseembroilenmeshentangleinvolvemuddleperplexsnarltangle

   Antonyms: clarifydisembroildisentangleextricatesimplifyunraveluntangle

• embrangled past participle
• embrangled past simple
• embrangling present participle
• embrangles third person singular