Synonyms of the word entangle


ENTANGLEDISTORT - INVOLVE - MAT - MIRE - SNARL - TANGLE - TWINE - TWIST

entangle

  • v. (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.
  • v. (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively), to ensnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle.
  • v. (transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse…

distort

  • v. (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
  • v. (intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen.
  • v. (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of.
  • adj. (obsolete) distorted; misshapen.

involve

  • v. (archaic) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
  • v. (archaic) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.
  • v. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
  • v. (archaic) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily;…
  • v. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
  • v. To envelop, enfold, entangle.
  • v. To engage (someone) to participate in a task.
  • v. (mathematics) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of…

mat

  • n. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
  • n. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
  • n. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
  • n. A thickly tangled mess.
  • n. A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
  • n. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
  • n. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
  • v. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
  • v. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
  • n. (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
  • n. (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (performance at a theater).
  • n. (video games, slang) A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.

mire

  • n. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
  • n. An undesirable situation, a predicament.
  • v. To weigh down.
  • v. To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
  • v. To soil with mud or foul matter.
  • n. (obsolete) An ant.

snarl

  • n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate…
  • n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
  • n. A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
  • n. A slow-moving traffic jam.
  • v. To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron…
  • v. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
  • v. To embarrass; to ensnare.
  • v. To growl, like an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
  • v. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

tangle

  • v. (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined.
  • v. (intransitive) to be forced into some kind of situation.
  • v. (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
  • v. (transitive) to mix together or intertwine.
  • v. (transitive) to catch and hold.
  • n. A tangled twisted mass.
  • n. A complicated or confused state or condition.
  • n. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
  • n. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four…
  • n. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
  • n. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
  • n. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles…

twine

  • n. A twist; a convolution.
  • n. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various…
  • n. The act of twining or winding round.
  • n. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
  • v. (transitive) To weave together.
  • v. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
  • v. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
  • v. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
  • v. (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
  • v. (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
  • v. (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
  • v. (obsolete) To change the direction of.
  • v. (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

twist

  • n. A twisting force.
  • n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
  • n. The form given in twisting.
  • n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
  • n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
  • n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
  • n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
  • n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
  • n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
  • n. A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See.
  • n. A rotation of the body when diving.
  • n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
  • n. (obsolete) A twig.
  • n. (slang) A girl, a woman.
  • n. (obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
  • n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
  • n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
  • n. (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
  • n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
  • v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
  • v. To join together by twining one part around another.
  • v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
  • v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
  • v. (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
  • v. To turn a knob etc.
  • v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
  • v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
  • v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
  • v. (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to rotate.
  • v. (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
  • v. (transitive) To coax.
  • v. (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

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