EMBRANGLING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

embrangling

verb

present participle of embrangle

as in trapping

to place in conflict or difficulties it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him

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The horse stumbles, trapping Galadriel underneath as the figure, a ring-wearing nazgnagôl, strides toward her.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Heavy downpours on Election Day morning left the Paradise Village neighborhood in Davie underwater, trapping residents and forcing officials to relocate polling sites.

— Anna McAllister, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of trapping

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My colleagues in the Test Kitchen were floored by how delicious an overcooked vegetable can be—how the rabe became creamy like a green sauce, tangling around every other ingredient.

— Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
It’s designed to handle loose hair of any length without tangling.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangling

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This recipe, slightly adapted for thickness, provides a just-charred, roasted edge to the classic tomato soup due to broiling a heaping pile of vegetables together.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Dozens of young people, including a twenty-one-year-old professional footballer, drowned while seeking relief in open water; three French children died in broiling cars.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of broiling

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Since then, the conflict has taken on an ethnic as well as an international dimension, embroiling Sudan’s neighbors but also the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and Iran.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Matti Friedman, a former Associated Press reporter in the Middle East, has observed that in the conflicts embroiling Israel and diaspora Jewry, many major Western media institutions have recast themselves as participants instead of observers.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

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