What is the meaning of entangled?

verb

  • Entrap.
    • usage: "Our people should not be mired in the past"
  • Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
    • usage: "The child entangled the cord"

adjective

  • Deeply involved especially in something complicated.
    • usage: "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs"
  • Twisted together in a tangled mass.
    • usage: "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite"
  • Involved in difficulties. .
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