adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of entangle form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Tangled or twisted together.
2. 2
   Confused or complicated. figuratively
3. 3
   Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.

Adjective

1. 1
   twisted together in a tangled mass wordnet
2. 2
   involved in difficulties wordnet
3. 3
   deeply involved especially in something complicated wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

balled upbyzantinecomplexcomplicatedconfoundedconfused

Example

More examples

"A long thread is easily entangled."

Related phrases

quantum-entangledquantum entanglement

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