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All entangle synonyms

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verb entangle

  • tangle β€” to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
  • snare β€” one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
  • ensnare β€” Catch in or as in a trap.
  • catch up β€” If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
  • enmesh β€” Cause to become entangled in something.
  • trap β€” a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
  • catch β€” If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
  • interweave β€” to weave together, as threads, strands, branches, or roots.
  • involve β€” to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • mix up β€” an act or instance of mixing.
  • complicate β€” To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
  • confuse β€” If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
  • embarrass β€” Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
  • embroil β€” Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
  • implicate β€” to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
  • intertwine β€” Twist or twine together.
  • perplex β€” to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
  • snarl β€” to become tangled; get into a tangle.
  • unsettle β€” to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
  • bewilder β€” If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
  • burden β€” If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
  • clog β€” When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • compromise β€” A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
  • corner β€” A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
  • dishevel β€” to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
  • embrangle β€” To embroil.
  • enchain β€” Bind with or as with chains.
  • fetter β€” a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
  • hamper β€” to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
  • hook β€” a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • impede β€” to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
  • jumble β€” to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
  • knot β€” either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • mat β€” a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
  • muddle β€” to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
  • puzzle β€” a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
  • ravel β€” to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
  • snag β€” a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
  • swindle β€” to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
  • trammel β€” Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
  • twist β€” to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • come on β€” You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do.
  • lead on β€” to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • rope in β€” a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • set up β€” the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
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