entangled
Caught up in
Entangled describes things twisted together in a way that's difficult to separate.
Hair becomes entangled, fishing line becomes entangled, and so do people in complicated relationships or situations: She got entangled with the wrong crowd.
In physics, entangled particles remain connected across distance, their states linked regardless of separation.
To be entangled in something is to be caught up in it, often unwillingly: entangled in a legal dispute.
Caught in complexity
- intertwinedTwisted together, connected
- entwinedWrapped around one another
- interwovenLaced through one another
- implicatedShown to be involved
connected · embroiled · mixed up · caught up · wrapped up · bound up · tied up · invested
Having many interconnected parts
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- knottyComplex and difficult
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
labyrinthine · messy · twisted · snarled · difficult · problematic · tricky · sticky
Shown to be involved
- embroiledInvolved in conflict
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
complicit · incriminated · accused · investigation · scandal · conspiracy · allegations · testimony
Tied with loops
- snarledGrowled or knotted
- twistedWound around itself
- mattedTangled into clumps
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
intertwined · woven · braided · coiled · jumbled · meshed · raveled · caught
Web-spinning arachnid
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- trappedUnable to escape
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- snaredCaught by concealed means
sticky · prey · spun · woven · threads · gossamer · cobweb · lair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- liaisonConnector between groups
- involvementState of being engaged
- relationshipConnection between entities
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
tryst · infatuation · amorous · lover · paramour · love triangle · illicit · secret
Minute pieces of matter
- photonsDiscrete packets of radiance
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
nonlocality · Einstein · Bell · qubits · quantum state · paired · measurement · decoherence
enmeshed
Caught in complexity
- intertwinedTwisted together, connected
- entwinedWrapped around one another
- interwovenLaced through one another
implicated · connected · embroiled · mixed up · caught up · wrapped up · bound up · tied up · invested · complicit
complex
Having many interconnected parts
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- knottyComplex and difficult
thorny · labyrinthine · messy · twisted · snarled · difficult · problematic · tricky · sticky · murky
implicated
Shown to be involved
- embroiledInvolved in conflict
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
dispute · complicit · incriminated · accused · investigation · scandal · conspiracy · allegations · testimony · evidence
knotted
Tied with loops
interlaced · intertwined · woven · braided · coiled · jumbled · meshed · raveled · caught · snagged
spider
Web-spinning arachnid
snared · sticky · prey · spun · woven · threads · gossamer · cobweb · lair · ensnared
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- liaisonConnector between groups
- involvementState of being engaged
- relationshipConnection between entities
fling · tryst · infatuation · amorous · lover · paramour · love triangle · illicit · secret · passionate
particles
Minute pieces of matter
- photonsDiscrete packets of radiance
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
correlation · nonlocality · Einstein · Bell · qubits · quantum state · paired · measurement · decoherence · wavefunction
- quantum statesground state, excited state, mixed state, qubit, singlet
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- boundbound, tied, restrained, confined, restricted
- matter statessolid, liquid state, plasma, vapor, gaseous
entangleduntangled
Separated what was knotted
disentangled · straight · unknotted · unraveled · unsnarled
entangleduninvolved
Not taking part
free · disentangled · extricated · unencumbered · disengaged
entanglednonentangled
Not caught up together
unentangled · separable · independent · uncorrelated · classical
- romantic entanglementsComplex love relationships
- quantum entanglementInseparable particle state pairing
- Foreign entanglementProblematic ties with other nations
- entangled particlesLinked subatomic units sharing state
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