Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embrangle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-bran-gle
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"When it came to governments as hostile to Washington as the Sandinista, such an observation embrangles Sigal's larger claim about "official dominance of national and foreign news.""
"Then there was poor Jacob Dodson, the half-witted boy, who ambled about cheerfully, undertaking messages and little helpful odds and ends for every one, which, however, poor Jacob managed always hopelessly to embrangle."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English brangle English embrangle From em- + brangle.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

embrangles (present, singular) embrangling (participle, present) embrangled (participle, past) embrangled (past)

Derived Forms

disembrangle embranglement

Synonyms

snarl snarl up

Questions

What does embrangle mean?: To embroil.
Where does embrangle come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English brangle English embrangle From em- + brangle.

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