ENTANGLED


Meaning of ENTANGLED in English

-gəld adjective

1.

a. : twisted together : intertwined, interwoven , snarled

the ropes became entangled

toiled through the entangled growths of scrub oak and mesquite — American Guide Series: Texas

b. : placed in a situation that impedes physical movement or from which extrication is difficult : caught fast : ensnared, enmeshed

entangled in machinery

one of the hares was entangled , and endeavoring to disengage himself — William Cowper

entangled and even lost in the maze of swamps — Frank Debenham

c. : intricate , complicated , confused

moved in a thicker and more entangled machinery of government — Sacheverell Sitwell

become entangled with still wider social and political problems — J.B.Conant

2. : involved in an embarrassing, troublesome, or compromising situation

entangled in an affair with another man's wife

became entangled in a costly litigation

• en·tan·gled·ly adverb

• en·tan·gled·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.