Antonyms for entangle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-tang-guh l

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtæŋ gəl

Definition of entangle

Origin : early 15c., from en- (1) + tangle (n.). Related: Entangled; entangling.

verb involve, mix up

Example sentences :

Bunyan rather looked on him as a false friend trying to entangle him.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Yes; he contrived to entangle himself in some Jacobite plot.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

I was determined to entangle Nepcote, and to free Hazel Rath.
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

At present she has a mission too, which is to entangle me into a compromising position.
Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace

She've no wiles to entangle you with; an' I 'low that she'd despise the use o' them anyhow.
Extract from : « Harbor Tales Down North » by Norman Duncan

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
Extract from : « Coronation Anecdotes » by Giles Gossip

He meant it as a question, by which he hoped to entangle poor Rose.
Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt

It was easy to entangle the two so that the answer fitted with his will, and he walked bewildered.
Extract from : « Yonder » by Emily Hilda Young

What youve got to remember is that Im not trying to entangle him.
Extract from : « The Romance of His Life » by Mary Cholmondeley

Why should we, who are soldiers, entangle ourselves with the things of this life?
Extract from : « The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) » by Luke Tyerman

Synonyms for entangle

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