embroilment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
    imbroglio.

WordNet


Em*broil"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F. embrouillement.
Definitions
  1. The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.

Webster 1913