embroiling

Definitions

Involving someone deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.

Throwing into a state of confusion, disorder, or entanglement.

Examples

The politician found himself embroiling his party in a scandal that threatened to ruin his career.

The ongoing border dispute is embroiling both nations in a costly and protracted legal battle.

Synonyms

entangling implicating involving snaring enmeshing complicating mixing up

Antonyms

extricating disentangling freeing liberating clarifying simplifying resolving