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  1. 1. a. : ready to fight : prepared to give battle. here once the embattled farmers stood R. W. Emerson. b. : engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy. an embattled official accused of extortion. 2. a. : being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy. the embattled capital. b. : characterized by conflict or controversy. an embattled presidency.

  2. having a lot of problems or difficulties: an embattled government. embattled teachers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Experiencing difficulties. be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom. be climbing the walls idiom. be for the high jump idiom. be/come up against a brick wall idiom. fall into something. flounder. frying pan.

  3. having a lot of problems or difficulties: an embattled government. embattled teachers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Experiencing difficulties. be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom. be climbing the walls idiom. be for the high jump idiom. be/come up against a brick wall idiom. fall into something. flounder. frying pan.

  4. Embattled definition: disposed or prepared for battle.. See examples of EMBATTLED used in a sentence.

  5. Definition of embattled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. 1. : to arrange in order of battle : prepare for battle. 2. : fortify. Examples of embattle in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web On university campuses, the study of literature has been embattled and beleaguered for so long that chronicling the controversies has become a flourishing academic subfield in its own right. A.o.

  7. Definition of embattled. past tense of embattle. as in mobilized. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. mobilized. mechanized. armed. reequipped. weaponed. re-equipped. equipped. militarized. Antonyms & Near Antonyms. disarmed. demilitarized. demobilized. denuclearized. Thesaurus Entries Near embattled. embattled. embattlement.

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