"entangled" in the verb sense
1. entangle, mire
entrap
"Our people should not be mired in the past"
2. entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"
"entangled" in the adjective sense
1. embroiled, entangled
deeply involved especially in something complicated
"embroiled in the conflict"
"felt unwilling entangled in their affairs"
2. entangled
twisted together in a tangled mass
"toiled through entangled growths of mesquite"
3. entangled
involved in difficulties
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