1.
[syn: embroiled, entangled]
2. twisted together in a tangled mass;
- Example: "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite"
3. involved in difficulties;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
entangled \entangled\ adj.
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; knotted,
snarled, snarly; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
ensnared.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Entangle \En*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Entangling.]
1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be
easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and
intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
[1913 Webster]
2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication
a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to
insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to
entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling
alliances." --Washington.
[1913 Webster]
The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
entangle their understandings. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
future was so uncertain. --Froude.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
entangled
adj 1: deeply involved especially in something complicated;
"embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in
their affairs" [syn: embroiled, entangled]
2: twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled
growths of mesquite"
3: involved in difficulties