embroiledadj.
/ɛmˈbrɔɪld/ Confused, disturbed, agitated.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [adjective]
troublousc1449
unquiet?1520
troublesome1548
tumultuous1548
disturbed1593
hurly-burly1598
wild1600
unsettled1605
routing1634
tumultuary1650
dissettled1673
embroiled1709
weltering1831
1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision vii. 18 Fate Hangs on the Turns of this Embroyled State!
1871 E. F. Burr Ad Fidem xii. 239 Embroiled Nature sunk into complete hush.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxx. 119 Moving with kindred natures in the same embroiled medium.
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