ENTANGLED

entangled

(adjective) twisted together in a tangled mass; “toiled through entangled growths of mesquite”

entangled

(adjective) involved in difficulties

embroiled, entangled

(adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated; “embroiled in the conflict”; “felt unwilling entangled in their affairs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

entangled

simple past tense and past participle of entangle

Adjective

entangled (comparative more entangled, superlative most entangled)

tangled or twisted together

confused or complicated

(physics) (of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

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. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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