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: em-bran-gle. The stress falls on "em".

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.