entangle
/ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/US/ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/
entangle verb: to tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
Verb
entangle (third-person singular simple present entangles, present participle entangling, simple past and past participle entangled)
- 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.
- To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
- Antonyms:
- disentangle
- 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
- Antonyms:
- disentangle, resolve, unpuzzle, absolve, decipher, get to the bottom of, iron out, meliorate, puzzle out, ravel
- 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.
- Antonyms:
- disentangle
entangle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
entangle in Hindi
- to entangle , to involve , as in a liaison), to implicate
- फँसाना phãsānā
entangle in Tamil
- சிக்கிக் கொள், சிக்கு, சிக்க வை, சிக்குப்படுத்து
entangle in Marathi
- to entangle
- गुंतवणे guntavṇe
entangle in Urdu
- لپٹنا, پھنسنا, الجھنا, پھانس لینا, پھانسنا, الجھانا
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- entangle in Bengali
- জড়ানো joṛanō
- entangle in Malayalam
- കുരുക്കുക kurukkuka
- entangle in Kannada
- ಕೋ, ಸಿಕ್ಕು, ಸಿಲುಕು, ಗುಂಜು
Examples of entangle in a sentence
- We have become hopelessly entangled in our ability to express ourselves clearly over fundamental matters of biology.
- Artists entangle epistemologies by turning scientific information into a representational device in its own right.
- It also entangles science in a dizzying web of anthropomorphic assumptions about other animals.
Synonyms of entangle
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Antonyms
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Forms of entangle
| third-person singular present | entangles |
|---|---|
| present participle | entangling |
| past participle | entangled |
| past | entangled |
| alternative form | entangel |
| alternative form | intangle |
Origin of entangle
From Middle English entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- + tangle.
Words formed from entangle
Questions about entangle
- What does entangle mean?
- Entangle means to tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
- What is entangle in Hindi?
- Entangle in Hindi is फँसाना (phãsānā). See Entangle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is entangle?
- Entangle is a verb.
- How do you pronounce entangle?
- Entangle is pronounced /ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of entangle?
- The past tense of entangle is entangled.
Words near entangle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: entangle (page history and authors); फँसाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); entangle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गुंतवणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); entangle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জড়ানো (Bengali) (page history and authors); കുരുക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); entangle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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