-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