Synonyms for entangle


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-tang-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtæŋ gəl

Top 10 synonyms for entangle Other synonyms for the word entangle

Définition 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

Antonyms for entangle

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