Entangled

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
    

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.
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   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.
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            The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and
            entangle their understandings.        --Locke.
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            Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose
            future was so uncertain.              --Froude.
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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.
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   2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
      entangled in the conflict.

   Syn: embroiled.
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   3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
      ensnared.
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