em·bran·gle (ĕm-brăng′gəl) tr.v. em·bran·gled ,
em·bran·gling ,
em·bran·gles To entangle; embroil.
[
en- + dialectal
brangle ,
to shake, waver, confuse (variant of
branle, brandle , from French
branler , from Old French
brandeler , perhaps from
brand ,
sword ; see
brandish ).]
em·bran′gle·ment n.
embrangle (ɪmˈbræŋɡəl ) vb (tr ) rare to confuse or entangle
[C17: from em- + obsolete brangle to wrangle, perhaps a blend of brawl1 + wrangle]
emˈbranglement n
em•bran•gle (ɛmˈbræŋ gəl) v.t. -gled, -gling. to embroil.
em•bran′gle•ment, n.
embrangle Past participle: embrangledGerund: embranglingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative embrangle embrangle
Present I embrangle you embrangle he/she/it embrangles we embrangle you embrangle they embrangle
Preterite I embrangled you embrangled he/she/it embrangled we embrangled you embrangled they embrangled
Present Continuous I am embrangling you are embrangling he/she/it is embrangling we are embrangling you are embrangling they are embrangling
Present Perfect I have embrangled you have embrangled he/she/it has embrangled we have embrangled you have embrangled they have embrangled
Past Continuous I was embrangling you were embrangling he/she/it was embrangling we were embrangling you were embrangling they were embrangling
Past Perfect I had embrangled you had embrangled he/she/it had embrangled we had embrangled you had embrangled they had embrangled
Future I will embrangle you will embrangle he/she/it will embrangle we will embrangle you will embrangle they will embrangle
Future Perfect I will have embrangled you will have embrangled he/she/it will have embrangled we will have embrangled you will have embrangled they will have embrangled
Future Continuous I will be embrangling you will be embrangling he/she/it will be embrangling we will be embrangling you will be embrangling they will be embrangling
Present Perfect Continuous I have been embrangling you have been embrangling he/she/it has been embrangling we have been embrangling you have been embrangling they have been embrangling
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been embrangling you will have been embrangling he/she/it will have been embrangling we will have been embrangling you will have been embrangling they will have been embrangling
Past Perfect Continuous I had been embrangling you had been embrangling he/she/it had been embrangling we had been embrangling you had been embrangling they had been embrangling
Conditional I would embrangle you would embrangle he/she/it would embrangle we would embrangle you would embrangle they would embrangle
Past Conditional I would have embrangled you would have embrangled he/she/it would have embrangled we would have embrangled you would have embrangled they would have embrangled
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. embrangle - make more complicated or confused through entanglementscomplicate ,
perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
snafu - cause to be in a state of complete confusion
embrangle verb To draw in so that extrication is difficult: