embroilmentn.
/ɛmˈbrɔɪlmənt/ 1. The action or process of embroiling.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > causing
embroiling1644
embroilment1652
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. (p4) To the great imbroilment of the state.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. vii. 134 Now..does come discussion..but only for new embroilment.
2.
a. An uproar, tumult.
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society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension
tirpeilc1330
to-doc1330
affraya1393
frayc1420
tuilyiea1500
fraction1502
broil1525
ruffle1534
hurly-burly1548
embroilment1609
roil1690
fracas1727
row1746
the devil among the tailors1756
noration1773
splorea1791
kick-upa1793
rumption1802
ruction1809
squall1813
tulyie-mulyie1827
shindy1829
shine1832
donnybrook1852
shiveau1862
roughhouse1882
ruckus1885
shemozzle1885
turn-up1891
rookus1892
funk1900
incident1913
potin1922
shivoo1924
furore1946
shindig1961
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > a disturbance or riot
stormOE
disturbance1297
disturblancec1330
riota1393
disturbation1529
ruffle1534
upstir1549
tumult1560
embroilment1609
hubbuba1625
embroil1636
ruction1809
uproaring1827
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) vii. cx. 201 [My Muse]..weary with these embroylements, faine would stay Her farther course.
1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. Pref. 3 The true causes of the imbroilments in that Kingdome.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 423 He was not apprehensive of a new embroilment.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 192 A cavalier of honour is free to take any party in this civil embroilment.
b. A state of variance or hostility; a quarrel.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel
controversy1448
tencion?1473
brulyie1531
pique1532
feudc1565
quarrel1566
jar1583
controverse1596
brack1600
outcast1620
rixation1623
controversarya1635
simultya1637
outfall1647
outfallingc1650
controversion1658
démêlé1661
embroilment1667
strut1677
risse1684
rubber1688
fray1702
brulyiement1718
fallout1725
tossa1732
embroil1742
ding-dong?1760
pilget1777
fratch1805
spar1836
splutter1838
bust-up1842
whid1847
chip1854
kass-kass1873
wap1887
run-in1894
go-round1898
blue1943
hassle1945
square-up?1949
ruck1958
1667 G. Digby Elvira v. 73 Drawing those advantages From the Embroilment.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 37 in Wks. (1721) II. Embroilments ne'er would cease, Shou'd Rivals share the Realm of Peace.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. x. 262 The lively temperament of the Dandy would here probably have involved him in an inconvenient embroilment.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 216 A bitter embroilment with England followed this merciless act.
3. transferred and figurative. A perplexed or confused state or condition; confused mixture.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder
feery-fary1535
puddle1587
bauchle1600
vertigo1702
whemmel1817
mull1821
mix-up1841
scrimmage1852
embroilment1856
hash-up1860
brangle1865
mucker1867
unplight1876
car wreck1877
mix1882
mess-up1902
stirabout1905
pot mess1914
boorach1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
box1941
Chinese fire drill1943
snafu1943
foul-up1944
screw-up1950
snarl-up1960
tiswas1960
bumble-bath1965
clusterfuck1969
headfuck1983
car crash1992
katogo1994
dumpster fire2008
1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. §62 The whole embroilment of philosophy is due to the practice, etc.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 257 The careless embroilment of transparent and opaque tints.
1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 238 A tangle and embroilment of evil and good.
4. Complication, entanglement (in a story, etc.).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > complication
embroilment1884
1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 787 Such details and embroilments as the story contains form the only excuse for its length.
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