Meaning & use
embroiled
Deeply and often unwillingly involved in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
See it in a sentence
The company became embroiled in a lawsuit after the product recall went public.
Two neighboring countries were embroiled in a border dispute for decades.
A note on using this word
Embroiled almost always appears with the preposition 'in,' as in 'embroiled in controversy' or 'embroiled in a scandal.'
Words with a similar meaning
entangledinvolvedenmeshed
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Words with an opposite meaning
uninvolved
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