embrangle

Questions about embrangle

What does embrangle mean?

embrangle means "make more complicated or confused through entanglements".

How many syllables are in embrangle?

embrangle has 3 syllables and divides as em-bran-gle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for embrangle?

Close synonyms include snarl, snarl up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is embrangle a common word?

embrangle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.