'Entangled' definitions:
Definition of 'entangled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs" [syn: embroiled, entangled]
adjective
Twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite"
adjective
Involved in difficulties
Definition of 'Entangled'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'entangled'
From: GCIDE
- 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]