entangle

To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.

Verb

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.
Synonyms: enmesh ensnare ensnarl entangle foul implicate imply involve mat ravel snarl tangle

Antonyms: disentangle unsnarl feeze tease out unravel untangle
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,...
Synonyms: perplex bewilder puzzle addle baffle vex lose embroil stick stump baffound bamboozle bedevil befuddle throw bemud bemuse bumfuzzle complicate confound confuddle confuse confuzzle dazzle

Antonyms: disentangle resolve unpuzzle absolve decipher get to the bottom of iron out meliorate puzzle out ravel reason out riddle sleuth solve tease out think out unravel unriddle unsolve upsolve work out Any from Thesaurus:untangle
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.
Synonyms: implicate involve

Antonyms: disentangle

From Middle English entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- + tangle.