entangle en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ (General-American)
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- [ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡl̩] (UK)
- /ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/ (UK)
- /ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- + tangle.
Meanings
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(transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net.
- (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
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(figuratively, transitive) To ensnare.
But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […]
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Madeleine”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 19:
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(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
The story entangles the facts with value judgments.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entangling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entangled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entangled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| entangles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| intangle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| entangel | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
disentangle · tease out · absolve · sleuth · untangle · resolve · tease out · disentangle · decipher · puzzle out · disentangle · get to the bottom of · iron out · meliorate · unpuzzle · work out · unravel · unriddle · reason out · ravel · unsnarl · solve · unsnarl · disentangle · unravel · upsolve · resolve · riddle · Any from Thesaurus:untangle · unpuzzle · feeze · disentangle · think out · unsolve
Deriveds
entanglon · unentangle · entangleable · hydroentangle · interentangle
Relateds
entanglement · entangling · entangler
Synonyms
involve · vex · dazzle · stump · fuddle · flurry · addle · discombobulate · bedevil · ensnarl · mat · tangle · blind · disconcert · bemuse · confuzzle · ensnarl · bamboozle · flabagast · bumfuzzle · entangle · perplex · befuddle · throw · fluster · imply · puzzle · dumbfound · ensnare · lose · bemud · foul · enmesh · baffound · ensnare · snarl · muddle · ravel · confuddle · flummox · mix up · ravel · complicate · flabbergaster · embroil · enmesh · puzzle · perplex · implicate · bewilder · baffle · entangle · flabbergast · confuse · bewilder · jumble · knot · stick · involve · implicate · confound · ferhoodle · muddy
Translations (77)
la obrētiō (twist or interweave) · it confondere (twist or interweave) · gl ensarillar (involve in difficulties) · tr takılmak (twist or interweave) · pl wplątać (involve in difficulties) · pl oplątać (twist or interweave) · mi rore (involve in difficulties) · ro încurca (involve in complications) · de verwickeln (twist or interweave) · pl splątać (twist or interweave) · pl oplątywać (twist or interweave) · pl splątywać (twist or interweave) · lt įpainioti (involve in complications) · ro încurca (involve in difficulties) · fi kietoa (involve in complications) · ro încurca (twist or interweave) · nl verstrengelen (twist or interweave) · pl uwikłać (involve in complications) · es intrincar (involve in complications) · gl embrollar (twist or interweave) · nl verwarren (twist or interweave) · mi rore (twist or interweave) · cs zaplést (twist or interweave) · fi sotkea (involve in difficulties) · sk popliesť (involve in complications) · az qatmaq (involve in difficulties) · fr tortiller (twist or interweave) · nl verwikkelen (involve in complications) · pl wplątywać (involve in difficulties) · gl ensarillar (twist or interweave) · sk dopliesť (involve in complications) · it ingarbugliare (twist or interweave) · da forvikle (involve in complications) · cs zaplést (involve in complications) · es enmarañar (involve in difficulties) · pl wikłać (involve in difficulties) · pl wplątać (involve in complications) · az qarışdırmaq (involve in difficulties) · eo impliki (involve in complications) · la illaqueō (involve in complications) · it intrigare (twist or interweave) · pl uwikłać (involve in difficulties) · bg вплитам (twist or interweave) · eo impliki (twist or interweave) · fr empêtrer (twist or interweave) · fi kietoa (involve in difficulties) · az qoşmaq (involve in difficulties) · gl embrollar (involve in difficulties) · nl verstrikken (involve in complications) · az calamaq (involve in difficulties) · es enredar (twist or interweave) · nl verknopen (twist or interweave) · ro zăpăci (twist or interweave) · pl supłać (twist or interweave) · gl ensarillar (involve in complications) · da indvikle (twist or interweave) · gl enredar (involve in difficulties) · ca enredar (involve in complications) · eo impliki (involve in difficulties) · gl embrollar (involve in complications) · gd amail (involve in difficulties) · fi sotkea (involve in complications) · gd amail (involve in complications) · cs zapříst (involve in complications) · fi kietoa (twist or interweave) · lt įpainioti (involve in difficulties) · pl wplątywać (involve in complications) · tr dolanmak (twist or interweave) · pl wikłać (involve in complications) · ro a vârî în bucluc (involve in complications) · no innvikle (twist or interweave) · sk zamotať (twist or interweave) · sk zapliesť (twist or interweave) · gl enredar (involve in complications) · fr intriquer (twist or interweave) · gl enredar (twist or interweave) · gd amail (twist or interweave)