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Adjective: entangled  en'tang-guld
  1. Twisted together in a tangled mass
    "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite"
     
  2. Deeply involved especially in something complicated
    "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs";
    - embroiled
     
  3. Involved in difficulties
    "He found himself entangled in a web of lies"
Verb: entangle  en'tang-gul
  1. Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
    "The child entangled the cord";
    - tangle, mat, snarl
     
  2. Entrap
    "Our people should not be entangled in the past";
    - mire

See also: involved, tangled, unfree

Type of: distort, involve, twine, twist

Antonym: disentangle

Encyclopedia: Entangled

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