embattled
Armed or prepared for battleArmed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
Meaning
6 sensesArmed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
prepared for battle
Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).
Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
(figuratively)Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
umkämpft
Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
(broadly)Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
Zinnenschnitt
having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From embattle (“to equip as for battle”) + -ed. From embattle (“to furnish with battlemenFrom embattle (“to equip as for battle”) + -ed.
From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed.
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Forms
more embattled, most embattled| Comparative | more embattled Lesson |
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| Superlative | most embattled Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement:battlementedcastledcastellatedcrenelated
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form